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№ 665

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£190

Theatre and Entertainment, London, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, 1776, uniface copper, box above central ornament, sprig of leaves below, counterstamped p, back engraved (85), 30mm, 9.62g (cf. D & W 19/203; MG 18; Noble II, 671). Very fine, rare £100-150

Provenance: Sir Henry Irving Collection, Christie’s Auction, 14-15 December 1905, lot unspecified, T.K. Mackenzie Collection, Glendining Auction, 11-12 April 1922, lot 342 (part)