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LOT 3395
England. Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds 'Boy Bishop' PB Token. Time of Plantagenet to Tudor, circa 15th century AD.
Cast at Bury St. Edmund's. St. Nicholas ('Boy Bishop') series. Illegible inscription, bishop's mitre / Illegible inscription, long cross pattée, triple pellets in quarters. Cf. Mitchiner & Skinner II group i, 8. Near Very Fine.(1.62gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
FootnotesThis token is a remnant of an old tradition held in England during the Middle Ages. From St. Nicholas' day on December 6 to Childermass on December 28, a choir boy from certain churches and abbeys was selected to be a 'boy Bishop' for the period. During this time the child wore bishop's robes, preached sermons and headed a procession. These tokens are assumed to be part of this ceremony and may have been used by the boy to exchange for sweetmeats or alms.
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LOT 3395
England. Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds 'Boy Bishop' PB Token.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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United Kingdom. Yorkshire CU Hull Half Penny Token. Dated 1794.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
HULL HALF PENNY 1791, shield of arms between sprigs of oak / PRO BONO PUBLICO, ship sailing to right, date in exergue. Edge inscription: CURRENT EVERY WHERE. DH 23. 9.11gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Ireland. Hibernicus CU Halfpenny Token. 1820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Design by Isaac Parkes. HALFPENNY TOKEN, laureate bust to right / HIBERNICUS, Hibernia seated to left, supporting harp of eight strings, date in exergue. Withers 2000. 7.73gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
England. North Yorkshire, York, Robert Benson AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1667.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
★ ROBERT • BENSON :, HIS HALF PENY in three lines / ★ IN • YORKE • 1667, R•I•B around Mercer's Arms. Dickenson 383. 1.18gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK, 19 January 2002. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday dated 19 January 2002.
