THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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Mule Farthing, Britannia seated right, rev. anchor and cable, edge grained, 3.82g/12h (DH 1090). About very fine and very rare
£100-150
Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 363 (part); M.Z. Gerson Collection [from P.C. Deane]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 699
480
Mule Farthings (4), man hanging from gibbet, END OF PAIN, revs. MAY THE KNAVE, etc, 4.09g/12h (DH 1105), open book, WRONGS OF MAN, edge plain, 3.86g/7h (DH 1106a), cap of Liberty, crossed sword and palm branch (2), edge grained, 4.00g/6h (DH 1108), edge plain, 4.15g/9h (DH 1108a) [4]. Extremely fine, first with much original colour, others patinated, DH 1108 very rare
£200-250
Provenance: *DH 1105 with Seaby July 1964, J.A. Bobbe Collection [from J.D. King January 1981], bt J.A.B. July 1993; DH 1106a bt J. A. Bobbe February 1982; DH 1108 bt R. Gladdle May 1994; DH 1108a bt J.A. Bobbe August 2000
477
Mule Farthing, cat seated left, rev. hand holding open book, PIG’S MEAT, 3.57g/5h (DH 1091). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour
£60-80 Provenance: Bt M.Z. Gerson March 1982
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Mule Farthings (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. man hanging from gallows, edge grained, 3.74g/6h (DH 1109), Pandora’s breeches, 4.44g/6h (DH 1110), SUCH IS THE REWARD OF TYRANTS (2), edge grained, 3.68g/6h (DH 1111), edge plain, 3.81g/5h (DH 1111a) [4]. DH 1110 and 1111 about extremely fine, others better, DH 1109 very rare, DH 1111a lacquered
£250-300 478
Mule Farthings (7), Even Fellows, revs. Britannia, 4.02g/6h (DH 1092), man on bull with ass’s head, 4.12g/6h (DH 1093), conjoined heads of man and ass, edge plain, 4.07g/6h (DH 1094a), padlock, edge plain, 3.68g/6h (DH 1095a), pig, 3.94g/6h (DH 1096), slave, 3.51g/6h (DH 1097), man on gallows, edge grained, 3.71g/12h (DH 1098) [7]. About extremely fine and better, DH 1093, 1095A and 1097 with original colour but reverse of last partly stained, otherwise an attractive group
£300-400
Provenance: DH 1092 O.P. Eklund Collection, bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 1093 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1987; DH 1094a bt R. Gladdle May 1994; *DH 1095a bt J. Spingarn April 1998; DH 1096 bt J. Spingarn October 1997; DH 1097 bt P. Flanagan February 1994; DH 1098 bt R. Gladdle April 1994
482
Mule Farthings (7), legend, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 2.97g/6h (DH 1112), Britannia, 3.10g/6h (DH 1113), conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.97g/6h (DH 1115), padlock, 3.98g/6h (DH 1116), pig, 2.86g/12h (DH 1117), slave, 2.97g/6h (DH 1118), three men hanging, edge grained, 3.81g/2h (DH 1119) [7]. DH 1115 extremely fine with considerable original colour but a striking crack from edge to centre, others generally about extremely fine £200-250
Provenance: DH 1112 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1980; DH 1113 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1981; *DH 1115 bt J.A. Bobbe September 1994; DH 1116 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 1117 bt M.Z. Gerson May 1980; DH 1118 bt M.Z. Gerson January 1981; DH 1119 bt R. Gladdle August 1994
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Mule Farthings (4), man on all fours, revs. Britannia, 3.98g/12h (DH 1099), man on bull with ass’s head, 3.34g/6h (DH 1100), conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.52g/5h (DH 1101), slave, 3.97g/6h (DH 1104) [4]. First two extremely fine, others nearly so, DH 1101 weakly struck but very rare
£120-150
Provenance: DH 1099 P.C. Deane Collection [from Baldwin], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 701 (part); DH 1100 Davissons Mailbid Sale 6, 29 February 1996 (473), bt J. Spingarn December 1996; DH 1101 SCMB June 1964, T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 364 (part), P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 701 (part); *DH 1104 bt R. Gladdle July 1993
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Mule Farthings (3), three men hanging, revs. conjoined heads of man and ass, edge grained, 3.62g/6h (DH 1120), Pandora’s breeches, edge grained, 3.67g/8h (DH 1121), MAY THE 3 KNAVES, etc, edge plain, 3.61g/12h (DH 1123a) [3]. Minor marks, otherwise extremely fine, some original colour, DH 1121 very rare
£150-200
Provenance: *DH 1120 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 1121 bt J.A. Bobbe August 2000; DH 1123a bt J. Spingarn April 1997
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Provenance: *DH 1109 P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 706 (part); DH 1110 and 1111 bt R. Gladdle May 1994; DH 1111a J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 186 (part), J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. September 1994
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