½ Penny Hampshire - Emsworth / J. Stride

Reverse

Seated figure of Britannia with spear and shield, legend around, date in exergue.

Note: the point of spear touches the R

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RULE BRITANNIA.
1794

Edge

Incuse lettering

Note: varieties exist

Lettering: PAYABLE AT LONDON, LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL •

Comment

Engraver -- Wyon. Manufacturer -- Kempson.
Proprietor -- John Stride, a Grocer and Tea-dealer.

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, KG (1726–1799) was a British naval officer. At the beginning of the American War of Independence, Howe was known to be sympathetic to the colonists. He had known Benjamin Franklin since late 1774 and was joined in a commission with his brother, General Sir William Howe, head of the land forces, to attempt a reconciliation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe#American_Revolutionary_War

The Glorious First of June of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howe attempted to prevent the passage of a vital French grain convoy from the United States, which was protected by the French Atlantic Fleet, in the Atlantic Ocean, some 400 nautical miles (700 km) west of the French island of Ushant on 1 June 1794.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_First_of_June

Interesting fact