The Collection of British Hammered Coins formed by William H Pheatt of Arizona, USA (Part 1)

Stephen, cut Halfpenny, Lozenge Fleury and Annulets type, (?) London, uncertain moneyer, facing bust, reverse lozenge fleury with annulets in angles, [–]OD[––––––––]LV, 0.42 gms (cf. SCBI Lincolnshire 951 [= Mossop, pl.lxxxvii, 15 = Mack 73]; N. 897; S. 1301). Edge chip, obverse almost flat, reverse about fine, extremely rare

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Hammered Coins formed by William H. Pheatt of Arizona, USA.

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Bt. Dec. 1989.
Although there is not enough of the legend visible to positively identify the mint or moneyer, this piece is closely related to that previously thought to be a Lincoln issue by Mack and Mossop. However, the late Antony Gunstone, inSCBI Lincolnshire, proferred an alternative suggestion that the coin discussed by Mack and Mossop, SCBI Lincs. 951, was the product of the moneyer Godwine, bearing the London mint-signature. Certainly, what is left of the legend on this cut halfpenny might well suggest London as the place of issue and Godwine as the moneyer responsible. A corollary is that the coin is believed to have originally surfaced with a Lincolnshire dealer in 1989