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

№ 1459

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16 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£320

18th Century, Middlesex, Spence’s mule Halfpence (4), men dancing around fire, revs. legend, 11.54g/12h (DH 818); Britannia, 12.26g/6h (DH 819); three citizens, 12.08g/1h (DH 821); heart and hand, 11.77g/1h (DH 822) [4]. All with usual flaw in obverse field, DH 821 practically as struck with full original colour, others extremely fine, DH 822 lightly lacquered (£180-220)

Provenance:
DH 819 W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58 B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 613 (part) [from Baldwin 1978], bt A. Davisson
DH 822 bt J. Bobbe.

DH 821 only illustrated