Auction Catalogue

5 December 2012

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British and Scottish Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 782

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5 December 2012

Hammer Price:
£650

Prince Henry, Cut Halfpenny, Period D, probably Bamburgh, Willelm, [wilel:m : on ]c[i : b], crosses pattée in angles of small neat style, 0.64g/12h (Mack 289; SCBI 30, 810-11, same dies; SCBI 35, –; B 1, fig. 23a; S 5013). Legends mostly flat, other details better than very fine
£200-300

Provenance: P. Finn FPL 3, December 1994 (362); M. Faintich Collection, CNG Triton Auction XV (New York), 4 January 2012, lot 1906 [from P. Withers March 2002].

Although the legends are virtually flat, the attribution is confirmed by the die link with the specimens in the Lloyd Cabot Briggs and John Dresser collections (
SCBI 30)