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Queen Anne pattern farthing 1713

Obv: ANNA AVGVSTA , bust 2, hair bound on top with a string of pearls, the two ends of which hang from the bun behind. No linear circle between toothed border and legend.
Rev: PAX.MISSA.PER.ORBEM - Peace sent throughout the world, Peace standing in a two-horsed chariot or biga driving at a gallop to right. In her right hand she holds an olive branch, and in her left, the reins and a spear. 1713 , below a double lined exergue. All within a broad toothed border.
Composition: Copper. Weight: 4.26 grams. Average diameter: 22.7 mm. Average flan thickness: 1.25 mm - 1.3 mm.

According to Montagu this farthing "was indisputably struck in several metals from Croker's dies, in the reign of George II"
The reverse design is generally associated with the Peace of Utrecht, the possibility cannot be ruled out that these pieces are just medalets commemorating that event.

Peck 765. Though this example with an average diameter of 22.7 mm is on a small to medium size thin flan.

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