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17th Century, Marlow, Peter Rivers, Halfpenny, 1667, Family arms, 2.35g/6h (Berry & Morley 116, and BNJ 1973, p.114, P 90° and pl.iv, 116, this piece; BW. 88). Good very fine and well struck, attractive light patina, extremely rare; only three other specimens known, one in the County Museum, Aylesbury (£150-200)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
Glendining Auction, 11-12 July 1929, lot 361 (part);
F E Baker Collection, October 1977 [from Spink, September 1929]. See Colour Plate III

Peter Rivers, ‘gentleman’ (†1691); he married Amy Barker (†1699) in 1666

Three other specimens known, not two