AR Shilling (32mm, 5.98 g, 10h). Group B, type 1b2. London mint; im: anchor. Struck 1628-1629. Crowned second bust left, wearing ruff; XII (mark of value) to right / Coat-of-arms; plumes above. Sharp (HLL) B3/2; Brooker 433 (same obv. die); North 2220; SCBC 2785.
Slight bow to flan. Otherwise struck on near round flan.
Deeply toned. Good VF. Very rare especially of this distinct smaller portrait type.

Ex Marshall (Spink 167, 31 March 2004), lot 115; Spink Numismatic Circular List 5 (May 1943), no. 19890 (“of finest quality”); Virgil M. Brand Collection.