Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 2a.2-Ca.17, W-11500. Rarity-8. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King. Good-4 (PCGS).

97.2 grains. Syd Martin knew of only two examples of this rare variety when he published his census in 2018, the present specimen in his own collection, and a VG in Jim LaSarre's second collection. Neither the obverse nor reverse die are known in any other pairing.

PCGS# 915330. NGC ID: AUAR.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex McCawley-Grellman's sale of the Chris Young Collection of Saint Patrick Farthings, Eighth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, November 2002; Jim LaSarre, December 21, 2009. The plate coin for both the obverse and reverse dies in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, pp. 113 and 261, respectively.