| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1304 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Sixpence (27mm, 3.09 g, 2h). First hammered issue. London mint; im: crown. Struck November 1660-October 1661. Crowned bust left / Coat-of-arms over short cross moline. Bull, Silver 274; ESC 1507; North 2765; SCBC 3309. Slight trace of double striking on obverse. Purplish toning with underlying brilliance. EF. Rare thus. Ex N. Asherson (Spink 6, 10 October 1979), lot 158, purchased from Spink, August 1957; E.C. Carter Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin's, 1950); H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 November 1896), lot 750; W. Brice Collection (purchased en bloc by Montagu, 1883); J. B. Bergne (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 May 1873), lot 902. This coin exhibited, Coins, Crown & Conflict, American Numismatic Association, Money Museum, 2007. Estimate: 2000 CHF |  |
