Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1577
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Halfcrown, 1659, Tower, (m.m) • THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF ENGLAND •, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. • 1659 • GOD • WITH • VS, • II • VI • above conjoined shields of England and Ireland, 13.90g [214.51grns], 5h, m.m. anchor (ESC 441 [R7]; Bull 60; North 2723; S.3216), clear date, dark tone, the reverse with light water corrosion, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare, one of only two known
Provenance
The "Estafefette No. 21" Collection of Ancient, English and World Coins
D J Tisbury, Part III, Spink 251, 27-28 March 2018, lot 399
Baldwin 14, 13-14 October 1997, lot 488 - £2,600
Blackfriars Bridge Hoard, deposited c. 1660
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Sold for
£5,000
Starting price
£2000