Details
LOT 3724
Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds AE Farthing. Dated 1664.
IOHN PVRCAS 1664, grocer's arms / IN ST EDMVNDS BVRY, initials. Dickinson p.204, 72. Very Fine.(0.81gr, 16mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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