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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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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, John Orton AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1666.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
✿ IOHN • ORTON • GIRDLER, Girdlers' Arms / ✿ IN ✱ YORKE ✱ 1666, HIS HALFE PENNY ✱✿✱ in four lines. Dickenson 424. 1.26gr, 20mm, 9h.
Fair.
Found Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, in March 2000. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record slip by Jim Halliday dated 4 April 2000. -
Ireland. Cronebane CU Halfpenny Token. Dated 1789.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRONEBANE HALFPENNY, bust of Saint Patrick to right, wearing mitre / ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS, shield of arms, crest a windlass dividing date. No edge inscription. 9.47gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
