Auction Catalogue

16 March 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes, to include the Professor Jeffrey P Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 (Part II) and British Medals from the James Spencer Collection (Part III)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 1252

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16 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£75

17th Century, Rutland, Oakham, Rich[ard] Matthew and John Potterill, Halfpence (2, different obv. dies), 1.98g/12h (N 3867; BW. 8), 1.35g/6h (N 3868; BW. 8) [2]. First about fine, second good fine (£40-60)

Provenance:
First J.O. Manton Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10 February 1947, lot 196 (part), J.L. Wetton Collection [from Baldwin], R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 671 (part)
*Second R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 671 (part) [from G. Monk].

Richard Matthews, barber surgeon, whose widowed mother, Catherine, issued a token at King Street, Westminster, in 1659 (BW. London 1614); John Potterill, apothecary