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I went to a zoo once. There was only a dog there. It was a Shih Tzu.

There is one you've forgotten Ian , The cross between the Shytzu and the Poodle , A Shytpoo. Friendly but very messy

A family friend has a Shih Tzu / Maltese mix. I can't but help think it'd be a great brand name for a laxative.

No this is very helpful, thank you for all your time, really appreciated. So, Lockett and Abbott both were Australians, and my coin owned by a Victorian collector, that feels good, and another detail for the record. Thank again, Rob!

In the 1951 Abbott sale it was mostly ancients with some British gold and a handful of silver. The coins were noted on the catalogue as being consigned by a family member, but I don't know the relationship. He was Australian, so it's more likely that his English silver was the Abbott 'Australian' collection acquired by Spink in 1951 according to the appendix in Manville and Robertson. But that raises the issue of Lockett dying in 1950, which is obviously earlier than 51. Doing a bit of digging, it appears that he was born in 1867 and died in Sydney on 7/11/1942, so it appears that Lockett was offered coins from the collection after his death and prior to the sale to Spink in 1951. FWIW, the coin in question was the last coin in lot 163 (6) of Clonterbrook and one of 17 in Lockett II lot 2023, but no previous ownerships noted of any in the lot. That isn't very helpful I'm afraid.

a cross between a shitzu and a jack russell is acctually called jackshit

It appears to have started life as a halfpenny from the 1770s, whether regal or a contemporary counterfeit is difficult to tell with the level of wear. I has been machined to create the raised rim on both sides. I have seen this done before to create a ferrule for the end of a walking stick, but these are usually deeper and one sided. Not quite sure what purpose this one was created for - possibly to fit on the base of a chair leg?