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Pattern Farthing - Milled coinage, Pattern Farthing, by an unknown artist, in tin, mm. mullet on obv., cinquefoil on rev., crowned interlinked CRs, rev. two pairs of lis-headed sceptres in saltire, edge grained, 3.11g/12h (BMC 441; Cooke 802, this coin). Inner copper ring (in which there is a tiny hole).
Ex Michael Gietzelt, provenance: M.A. Brigg Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 12 July 1943, lot 21 [from Baldwin September 1934]; Dr E.A. Johnstone Collection; C.D. Cooke Collection [from Baldwin 1973]; DNW Auction 83, 30 September 2009, lot 3878. Images courtesy of DNW.
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