17th Century, Kent, Honychild Manor, Sir Charles Sedley, Halfpenny, 1672, 1.45g/3h (N 2612b, this piece; BW. 354). Dark patina, very fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of Kent formed by the late Robert Hogarth.

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Provenance:
R.A. Nott Collection
Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection
bt S.R. Porter July 1996 [via Spink].

Sir Charles Sedley, 4th Bt (1639-1701), Restoration poet, dramatist, wit and courtier; son of Sir John Sedley of Aylesford; educated at Wadham College, Oxford; MP for New Romney under Charles II and James II. His only daughter, Catherine (1657-1717), was the mistress of James II who created her Countess of Dorchester in 1686