Ex C Adams, December 2005, lot 215
Ex P Hunt, sold privately to C Adams, March 2000
Ex RPV Brettell, October 1970, lot 40
Ex S Simpson, sold privately to RPV Brettell, 1955

At the beginning of the Civil War the royalist county of Cornwall was isolated from the rest of England by the predominantly Parliamentarian Devon. Following a successful campaign, Prince Maurice captured Exeter for the king on 4 September 1643 and Sir Richard Vyvyan rapidly transferred his mint establishment to the larger city. Vyvyan himself was made a freeman of Exeter on 2 October 1643.

This coin is the only example of this die pairing, J13, recorded by Besly.