Pattern farthing, undated (c.1655), three linked pillars, R below, THVS VNITED INVINCIBLE, rev. sailing ship left, AND GOD DIRECT OVR CORSE, edge plain (P.--; but see no.387), fair to fine, tooled to bring up worn details, one of two known specimens

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Pattern farthing, undated (c.1655), three linked pillars, R below, THVS VNITED INVINCIBLE, rev. sailing ship left, AND GOD DIRECT OVR CORSE, edge plain (P.--; but see no.387), fair to fine, tooled to bring up worn details, one of two known specimens

Provenance

J Child of Newbury
R Thompson
Spink Auction 11, 9 October 1980, lot 977

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Lot Essay

This specimen was exhibited at the British Numismatic Society, 27 June 1872 (BNJ xli, p.205). The other known specimen, from the Archbishop Sharp collection (Glendining, 5 October 1977, lot 135), is holed twice and broken at the rim.