18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Fetter Lane, John Milton, Penny, 1800, in white metal, female personifying Science seated on globe bearing zodiacal sign, rev. Bellerophon holding Pegasus, figure crawling up rock face in background, edge plain, 15.27g/12h (DH 36). From the usual flawed and uncompleted reverse die, rust marks both sides, test marks on edge, a little surface discolouration and a couple of specks of tin pest, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare
£200-300

Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection; M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 95 [from P.C.D. 1985]; D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part I, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 112 [from Spink November 1988].

12 struck