Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1283

.

13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£190

18th Century, Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Clarke, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia crowning bust of George III with laurel wreath, rev. oak tree at left, four ships in background, britanniæ tutamen, edge payable at the house of john clarke bull street, 12.46g/5h (DH 122). From the dies in flawed state, some particular weakness in legends on both sides, otherwise very fine, extremely rare (£120-150)

36 struck