Somersetshire 35, Bath (Dalton & Hamer, page 230)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce
35. O: A female seated, directing a boy with a key to open the prison doors.
GO FORTH radiated, the whole within a beaded circle. REMEMBER THE DEBTORS
IN ILCHESTER GOAL. Similar to last, but the end of the boy's robe, which
floats over his shoulder, does not go so high; there is a period and a
trefoil instead of the quatrefoil.
R: Bust to left. IOHN HOWARD F.R.S. HALFPENNY.
E: PAYABLE AT BANBURY OXFORD OR READING +
35a. E: PAYABLE AT LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL.
35b. E: PAYABLE IN LONDON OR DUBLIN.
No. 35b, RR. No. 35a, R. 35, scarce.
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