LOT 3714
Crusaders PB Tessera or Token. Circa 10th century or later.
Tree with three branches within circular rayed border / Six-rayed star within circular rayed border. Condition as seen.(2.89gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Imperial PB Token. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Uncertain mint in Judaea. Central pellet surrounded by wreath with eight pellets and rays / Blank. See Y. Fahri, Note on Two Types of Lead Currency from Late Roman / Early Byzantine Palestine, Israel Numismatic Research 8, 2014, pp. 135-141. 2.73gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
According to Y. Farhi : 'It is suggested here that these two objects from Khirbet Qeiyafa, as well as the three similar objects published by Hendin, were used as currency during the fifth century CE alongside other small bronze and lead issues' (p.138). -
England. 'Shield and Rose' Pb Token. 1425-1672.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Shield quartered by void and linear cross with central dot; cross-in-circle in two upper quarters / Tudor double rose of five and four petals. Mitchiner & Skinner -. 0.80gr, 11mm.
Very Fine. Pierced. Exceedingly rare and apparently unpublished.
Found from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s. Property of an Essex collector. -
England. Holborn AE Halfpenny Token. 1649-1672.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
London (Holborn) mint. Richard Underwood, issuer. ✿ IN HOLBORN • POVLTERER, hare running to left / RICHARD UNDERWOOD HIS • HALFE ✿ PENNY ✿ • R V E • in five lines. Dickinson 1475. 0.70gr, 18mm, 12h.
Fair.
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector (collector's ticket included).
