LOT 3623
England. 'I W' of Fryer Lane, London CU Farthing Token. 1648-1672.
London mint. [IOHN WICKES BAKER *?], initial W over IM, three cinquefoils in field / STREETES : STREET[E?], FRYER LANE in two lines, two cinquefoils above, one below. Dickinson -; cf. Williamson 3128 (THAMES STREETE); SCBI 59 -; UKDFD Recording Software Online 55733 (this token). Near Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier type.(1.00gr, 16mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound in Thames foreshore, 9 March 1985.
Property of an Essex collector.
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England. Cambridgeshire, Joseph Heath AE Farthing. Dated 1666.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
★ IOSEPH • HEATH • OF, shield of arms / ★ CAMBRIDGE • 1666, H I • H in three lines, stars in fields. Dickinson 52. 1.26gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. 'Late Plantagenet' Pb Token. 1425-1490.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
London mint. Mitchiner Type L. Quartered field with striate angles / Linear cross within void cross with central dot. Mitchiner & Skinner -. 1.19gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare and apparently unpublished.
Found from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s. Property of an Essex collector. -
Crusaders PB Tessera or Token. Circa 10th century or later.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Tree with three branches within circular rayed border / Six-rayed star within circular rayed border. 2.89gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
