LOT 3624
England. Yorkshire, Whitby. Henry Sneaton AE Halfpenny. Dated 1667.
★ HENRY • SNEATON • 1667 around, HIS HALF PENY in three lines and four pellets below / ★ IN • FLOWER • GATE • IN • WHITBY around, three ammonite fossils in centre. Dickinson 371; Boyne 327; W 371. Near Fine. Very rare token that displays three ammonite fossils, reflective of the Arms of Whitby Abbey.(1.29gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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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, Market Place. John Finch AE Farthing. 17th century.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
★ IOHN • FINCH • MAR : around, ★ I • F ★ in centre / ★ KET • PLACE • CAMBRI around, ★ I • F ★ in centre. Dickinson 44. 1.01gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fair.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. 'I W' of Fryer Lane, London CU Farthing Token. 1648-1672.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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). 1.00gr, 16mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier type.
Found in Thames foreshore, 9 March 1985. Property of an Essex collector.
