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Mining, Cumberland, Clifton, Clifton Colliery, [Sir James Lowther], copper, 1735, dragon passant from the Lowther crest, rev. legend in two lines, 21mm, 5.50g/12h (Finlay 66; D & W 285/34); Whitehaven, Whitehaven Colliery, [Lowther], copper, similar, rev. cypher, 23mm, 5.49g/12h (Finlay 18; D & W 291/109) [2]. First very fine on a small flan, second good fine £60-80

Provenance: D.C. Pottinger Collection [*first from J. Whitmore November 1981, second from J. Whitmore November 1997).

Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet of Whitehaven (1673-1755)