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№ 179

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£95

Steeple Claydon, William Norman, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.62g/12h (BM 158; P-M 984; N –; BW. 117). Edge cracks and surface flaws, otherwise fair to fine, very rare; the only issue for the village £100-150

Provenance: Mrs J. Durley Collection [acquired 1980].

William Norman (†1700), grocer, excommunicated for non-conformity 1662, signatory of the Orthodox Confession of 1679, wife’s name Jane