Amazing Hammered Threepence

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1349. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (Restored). Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Threepence (1.48 g, 6h). Hammered coinage. Struck 1660-1662. CAROLVS • II • D • G • M • BR • FR • ET • HI • REX, crowned bust left; im: crown / • CHRIST • AVSPICE • REGNO •, royal shield over long cross fourchée; im: crown. North 2769; ESC 1957; SCBC 3325. Superb EF, even light gray tone with bright iridescence. Exceptional.