Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Coins, British and European Jetons Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 2780

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4 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£160

England, Early Armorial Jetons, c. 1280-1295, Edward I, three lions passant in field, rev. ornamented long cross of three strands, stars and crescents in angles, 2.20g/11h (Berry types 10/1; Mitchiner 178). Yellow brass, very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Collection of Jetons formed by the late George Berry.

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Berry does not list this obverse for Edward I but the reverse suggests a date of around 1290. Mitchiner dates this type c. 1295