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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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England. North Yorkshire, Malton, Tho Galloway AE Half Penny Token. 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✿ THO • GALLOWAY • GROCER, Grocers' Arms / ✿ IN • MALTON • HIS • HALF • PENY, ship. Dickenson 220. 2.00gr, 19mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by a record slip by Craig Barclay. -
Ireland. Camac Kyan and Camac CU Halfpenny Token. 1792.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dublin mint. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, Hibernia seated to left, right hand on knee and left hand on harp with six strings set on ground to right / CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY around monogram of H M Co (Hibernian Mining Company). Edge inscription: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH •. DH 29-173. 11.53gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
England. Lincolnshire, Barrow-on-Humber, Brian Coverdaill AE Half Penny Token. 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[BRIAN.]COVERD[AILL.IN.], fishing boat with sail / ✿ BARROW • VPPON [HVM]BER, HIS HALF PENY in three lines. Dickenson 9. 1.08gr, 19mm, 3h.
Fair.
Found Sutton Fields, Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, in 2002. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record slip by Jim Halliday dated 9 August 2003.
