Hampshire, Portsmouth, Lutwyche’s gilt Proof mule Halfpenny, anchor and cable, rev. bust of Lord Stanhope left, edge YORK BUILT AM 1223 CATHEDRAL REBUILT AD 1075, 11.16g/12h (DH 59). Some die striations visible on close inspection, otherwise extremely fine and of the highest rarity £300-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: W. Norman Collection; S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 86 (part); F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin December 1930]; J.A. Bobbe Collection [from Baldwin]; bt J.A.B. December 1999