Payne & Turner, Copper Halfpenny (D&H Somersetshire 65b) Obv:A crowned bust in profile to right. Around the perimeter ALFRED YE GREAT REFOUNDED BATH . A.D. 900 .-., Rev: Ancient walls and a tower within an ornamental circle. Around the perimeter AND SURROUNDED IT WITH WALLS AND TOWERS . + .; Edge: plain
Nice, lustrous, faded red and brown uncirculated. Very rare on this planchet.
Payne & Turner, silversmiths and jewelers, Bath
Provenance: A H Baldwin & Sons