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Halfpenny: CM.TR.1381-R

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Maker(s)

Ruler: Louis XVI (1774-92) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Marie Antoinette (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Metcalf, James O.
Manufacturer: Skidmore, John

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Measurements and weight

Image(height): 28.83 mm
Image(width): 29.21 mm

Place(s) associated

  • Bedale

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1958-01-16) by Trinity College, Cambridge

Dating

Production date: AD 1795

Note

Mule of D & H Middx. 492 with obverse of D & H Yorks. 9; N. B. that this obverse is also seen as the reverse of Middx. 491, so this piece should be considered a Middlesex variant

Components of the work

Object composed of copper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Issuer's cipher in wreath

  • Text: JAMES METCALF / * BEDAL�YORKSHIRE *
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: Busts of Louis XVUI and Marie Antoinette right, date split either side

  • Text: ROI ET REINE DE FRANCE .�. LOUIS�XVI ET M. ANTOINETTE.
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON

  • Location: Edge
  • Type: Marginal inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.TR.1381-R
Primary reference Number: 164321
Dalton & Hamer: 492/491
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 September 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

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