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Lot

№ 758

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5 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£300

Wiltshire, Downton, Phillip Rooke, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.73g/3h (N 5471; BW. 81). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise better than fine, very rare; the only issue for the village £100-£150

Provenance: Bt M.J. Harris February 1979.

At the Hilary Quarter Sessions in Salisbury in January 1670/1 (OS), Rooke was prosecuted for issuing halfpence and fined 6
s 8d (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)