Losnummer 1370. The Strickland Neville Rolfe Collection. British Coins. William III, Halfpenny, 1695, laureate and cuirassed bust right, GVLIELMVS. TERTIVS., toothed border both sides , rev inverted die axis, Britannia seated left on globe, with shield, spear and spray of leaves, date in exergue, BRITAN NIA., legend, edge plain (Peck 638; S 3554). Toned with some lustre, lightly pitted, nearly extremely fine and very scarce. Strickland Charles Edward Neville Rolfe was born in 1789, eldest son of General Neville of the Royal Artillery. He assumed the name and arms of Rolfe by royal warrant in 1837, upon receiving the bequest of the estates at Heacham and Sedgeford, from Edmund Rolfe, a distant relative who had no issue. Educated at Wadham College , Oxford , BA 1812, MA 1816, he was ordained in 1814. He became domestic chaplain to the Duke of Kent in 1814 and to the Duke of Somerset in 1825. He was appointed vicar of Heacham in Norfolk in1838. His first wife, Agnes, was the only daughter of Henry Fawcett, MP for Carlisle. They married in 1814 and had five sons and four daughters. In 1833 he married Dorothy, widow of the Rev TT Thomason, Chaplain to the Honourable East India Company. Strickland Rolfe died in 1852. Heacham Hall was destroyed by fire in 1941, whilst being occupied by the RAF. The numismatic collection has remained in the hands of descendents and represents a snapshot of the tastes and interests of an educated country gentleman and divine. The English coins span three centuries and include some key rarities, such as the pattern “Incorrupta” and “Three Graces” crowns, as well as some rare and interesting coppers. It is amazing to think that these were probably acquired soon after they were issued, which would account for their remarkable state of preservation. £ 500-700