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LOT 3616
England. 'Cross and Pellets' Pb Token. 1425-1490.
London or Paris mint. Mitchiner Type Ma. Large E in Gothic within clockwise ray border / Cross with dot-in-circle in each angle and expanded arms; al within clockwise ray border. Mitchiner & Skinner type M, 2. Near Very Fine.(0.62gr, 12mm.).
ProvenanceFound from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
The 'cross and pellets' tokens differ from the other series of fifteenth-century tokens found in London by virtue of their close links with a series of French tokens. They have been found with not quite equal frequency in London and in Paris. The uniformity of design suggests centralised production control (such as by a guild) but the range of symbols - religious, merchant, brothels - suggests a wide range of users.
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England. 'Late Plantagenet' Pb Token. 1425-1490.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London mint. Mitchiner Type La. Expanding cross with convex arms and central dot / Expanding cross with convex arms and central dot. Cf. Mitchiner & Skinner type L, 6-7. 1.03gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s. Property of an Essex collector. -
England. Cambridgeshire, Soham. Mary and John Kent AE Farthing. Dated 1666.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
★ IOHN • KENT • OF • HORNSWELL around, I • K over 1666 in centre / ★ MARY • KENT • OF • SOHAM around,•★• M K •★• in centre. Dickinson 174; W 174 and Suffolk 152. 1.12gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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England. 'Cross and Pellets' Pb Token. 1425-1490.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London or Paris mint. Mitchiner Type Ma. Large E in Gothic within clockwise ray border / Cross with dot-in-circle in each angle and expanded arms; al within clockwise ray border. Mitchiner & Skinner type M, 2. 0.62gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s. Property of an Essex collector.
The 'cross and pellets' tokens differ from the other series of fifteenth-century tokens found in London by virtue of their close links with a series of French tokens. They have been found with not quite equal frequency in London and in Paris. The uniformity of design suggests centralised production control (such as by a guild) but the range of symbols - religious, merchant, brothels - suggests a wide range of users.
