LOT 3713
Roman Imperial PB Token. 5th century AD.
Uncertain mint in Judaea. Central pellet surrounded by wreath with eight pellets and rays / Blank. See Y. Fahri, Note on Two Types of Lead Currency from Late Roman / Early Byzantine Palestine, Israel Numismatic Research 8, 2014, pp. 135-141. Condition as seen.(2.73gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesAccording to Y. Farhi : 'It is suggested here that these two objects from Khirbet Qeiyafa, as well as the three similar objects published by Hendin, were used as currency during the fifth century CE alongside other small bronze and lead issues' (p.138).
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England. Yorkshire, Whitby. Henry Sneaton AE Halfpenny. Dated 1667.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
★ 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. 1.29gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Fine. Very rare token that displays three ammonite fossils, reflective of the Arms of Whitby Abbey.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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England. 'Cross and Pellets' Pb Token. 1425-1490.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London or Paris mint. Mitchiner Type Ma. Large E in Gothic within clockwise ray border / Cross with dot-in-circle in each angle and expanded arms; al within clockwise ray border. Mitchiner & Skinner type M, 2. 0.62gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s. Property of an Essex collector.
The 'cross and pellets' tokens differ from the other series of fifteenth-century tokens found in London by virtue of their close links with a series of French tokens. They have been found with not quite equal frequency in London and in Paris. The uniformity of design suggests centralised production control (such as by a guild) but the range of symbols - religious, merchant, brothels - suggests a wide range of users. -
Great Britain. South Cambridgeshire District Council Token. Dated 2002.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Golden Jubilee - 50th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. • GOLDEN JUBILEE • • ELIZABETH II 2002 •, crowned head of Elizabeth II to right; behind, crown within •THE QUEEN'S•GOLDEN JUBILEE• / SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL, coat of arms with motto: NIET • ZONDER • ARBYT ('nothing without work'). 8.28gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Mint State.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (1595-1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England. He was commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire. In the 1650s, he directed major projects to drain The Fens of East Anglia, introducing the innovation of constructing washes, to allow periodic flooding of the area by excess waters. His motto Niet Zonder Arbyt ("Nothing Without Work") was adopted as the official motto of South Cambridgeshire District Council.
