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Sold on 9 December 2010

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A Collection of Farthings, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 220 x

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9 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£190

James I (1603-1625), Lennox issues, Type 4 (12), mm. Lombardic A, 0.79g/6h (E 45b; BMC 99; Cooke 1056-8; S 2680); mm. dagger (3), 0.67g/6h (E 46a; BMC 100; Cooke 1059; S 2680), 0.63g/6h (E 46d; BMC 101; Cooke 1060-2; S 2680), 0.46g/6h (E 46d or e; BMC 101; Cooke 1060-2; S 2680); mm. three lis (3), 0.36g/6h, 0.34g/6h, 0.30g/6h (all E 49; BMC 104; Cooke 1070-2; S 2680); mm. mascle, 0.60g/12h (E 50; BMC 105; Cooke 1073-6; S 2680); mm. stirrup, 0.66g/6h (E 51b; BMC 106; Cooke 1077-9; S 2680); mm. trefoil (2), 0.56g/12h, 0.51g/12h (both E 52b; BMC 109; Cooke 1083-7; S 2680); mm. triangle, 0.68g/12h (E 53d; BMC 110; Cooke 1088-91; S 2680) [12]. Generally fine to very fine, one or two better, including the last £120-150

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Provenance: Second W. Whittall Collection, bt C.D. Cooke February 1988; third bt M.J. Dickinson January 1989; ninth C.W. Peck Collection, SNC September 1976 (7513), bt M.J. Dickinson January 1989; tenth G.A. Entwisle Collection, bt C.D. Cooke August 1990; eleventh G. Brady Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 29 April 2000, lot 222 [from E. Szauer 1970], bt Spink August 2002; last SCMB July 1976 (L 92)