Charles II (1649-1660), First Hammered Issue, Sixpence, 1660-1662, Tower, CAROLVS · II · D · G MAG · BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX, Coronation bust left, no inner ring or mark of value, rev. CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO · square-topped shield over cross moline, 2.93g, 4h, m.m. crown [on obverse only] (Lessen dies 1/1; Bull 274; ESC 1507; North 2765; Spink 3309), handsome dark cabinet tone on a full round flan, almost extremely fine or better but for a tiny mark in obverse field, very rare in this condition and highly desirable thus particularly with such an exemplary pedigree Provenance North Yorkshire Moors (Lessen), Part IV, DNW 186, 21 January 2021, lot 1193 Davissons, Mailbid Sale 4, 18 November 1994, lot 254 R C Lockett, Part II, Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2621 [part] [Baldwin] Bernard Roth, Part I, Sothebys, 19-20 July 1917, lot 345 H Montagu, Part III, Sothebys, 13-19 November 1896, lot 750 Brice, collection purchased en bloc by Montagu, 1883 Wigan, collection purchased en bloc by Rollin & Feaurdent, 1872