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Auction 108 16 May 2018
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STUART (ORANGE). William III & Mary. 1688-1694. CU Pattern Halfpenny (32mm, 12.63 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Date 1694. GVLIELMVS · ET · MARIA ·, conjoined busts of William, laureate and cuirassed, and Mary, draped, right / BRITAN NIA, Britannia seated left on chair holding laurel branch and scepter and resting arm on shield at side, 1694 in exergue. Peck 596. Good VF, toned. Very rare.
From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.
Peck (p. 160) notes the depiction of Britannia seated on a chair, rather than the usual globe, "was probably derived from the relatively common 'Zeus on throne' reverse types of the Macedonian tetradrachms."
From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.
Peck (p. 160) notes the depiction of Britannia seated on a chair, rather than the usual globe, "was probably derived from the relatively common 'Zeus on throne' reverse types of the Macedonian tetradrachms."