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LOT 1696
Medieval 'Thames' Bifacial Pewter Wine Tavern Token
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.83 grams, 16 mm).
Obverse with bishop wearing mitre and holding crook, reverse with octofoil, alternating plain and hatched petals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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Obverse with bishop wearing mitre and holding crook, reverse with octofoil, alternating plain and hatched petals. 0.83 grams, 16 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
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