Unique ID: 11
The Willett’s Nipple quarter staters are thought to be one of the earliest British coins. The obverse is blank apart from a nipple. There are four reverse dies, three of which have no discernable design, and can best be described as being composed of random marks. This coin is from the fourth die which has three main features. The first is a cloud like formation which appears at the top of the coin, and wraps around the left side to the bottom edge. The second is a thin horizontal like with “feathering” at the right hand side, and with an elongated pellet at the right, with two small spikes and two crescent “pincers”. The overall impression is of a flower with a stem and roots turned on its side. The third feature appears at the bottom of the coin and resembles a seated female figure, although it’s unknown if that’s what it was intended to be.
