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№ 103

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27 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£500

Middlesex (Metropolitan), King Street [Whitehall], Allan Adlington, Halfpenny, [16]67, 1.69g/12h (N 8738; BW. 1589); Thomas Baker, Halfpenny, 2.20g/9h (N 8758; BW. 1592); John Bennington, Farthing, 0.72g/3h (N 8740; D 1593A); John Furnis, pewter Halfpenny, 3.15g/12h (N –; D 1599A); H.M.I. at ye bvll, Farthing, 1657, 1.04g/6h (N –; D –); K[atherine] Mathew, Farthing, 1659, 0.45g/1h (N 8747; BW. 1614); Richard Sangar, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.90g/9h (N 9457; BW. 1617); Joseph Walker, Farthing, 1659, 0.79g/3h (N 9274; BW. 1623) [8]. N 8738 mediocre, others generally about fine and better, some very rare £200-£300

Provenance: N 8740 bt Baldwin; N 8747 found in the R. Thames at Billingsgate, bt Baldwin; N 8758 and *D 1599A bt Spink; fourth J.L. Wetton Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 199 (part), bt Spink; N 9274 found in the R. Thames at Queenhithe, bt Baldwin