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LOT 1372
Medieval 'Thames' Wine Tavern Token
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.84 grams, 16 mm).
A lead-alloy bifacial token with on one face a hatched sexfoil rosette within a pelletted border, and the other two opposed birds supporting a processional cross. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
Footnotes
Tokens of this type were used in taverns and similar establishments.
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