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Issuer: Gye, William (Struck in the name of)
Image(height): 29 mm
Image(width): 28.75 mm
Weight: 9.47 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922-12-03) by Perceval, Spencer George
Production date: AD 1794
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: Arms, supporters and crest of City of Bath over branches and foliage above date and trefoil, legend around
Inscription present: Female figure seated left pointing with right hand to instruct boy with key to open doors of a jail at left, the inscription "GO FORTH" radiant above, all in circle of points outside which legend
Inscription present: BRIGHTON CAMP HALFPENNY
Accession number: CM.4.533-1922
Primary reference Number: 165135
Dalton & Hamer: 34a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Halfpenny" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/165135 Accessed: 2024-11-25 13:10:53
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