Lot 851
Blything, Sir John Rous (Captain of the...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£384
Description
Blything, Sir John Rous (Captain of the Suffolk Yeomanry First Troop) Halfpenny 1794, Mounted dragoon, rev. badge of the Yeomanry, edge GOD SAVE THE KING AND CONSTITUTION .xx., 30.5mm/11.14gm. (DH 18), Another similar, sword now pointing to L rather than O, 28.5mm/12.23gm. (DH 19), both good Extremely fine with substantial amounts of mint lustre, first with die crack on obv. very rare ‘RR’. [2] £120-180 First ex Spink (their ticket) c. 2008, very likely ex F S Cokayne. Second ex ‘an old Surrey Col.’ via Mark Rasmussen Sep. 2016. DH 18 is from a more deeply engraved die than the others in this series. However, the die crack that can be seen on the obv. soon resulted in the die completely failing – Waters reports that only 12 examples were struck before the die broke up making this a very rare piece indeed.
