The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Somerset, County series, Lutwyche’s Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry mule Penny, 1796, sword dividing two spurs, spear and trumpet crossed, rev. arms of West Cowes, edge payable [by t foster] lamberhurst over [manufactured by] w lutwyche birmingham, 17.09g/4h (DH 2, this piece; Young –). Struck over a Penny of Thomas Hall (DH Middlesex 26), extremely fine with a hint of original colour, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen believed known
£1,000-1,500

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

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Provenance: W.J. Davis Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-15 March 1901, lot 239; S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 292 (part); W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 173; Davissons Mailbid Sale 19, 1 May 2003 (317) [from Baldwin].

The only other example known to the cataloguer was that in the Norman sale, 1903, lot 233, which was acquired for the Lincoln collection