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Metropolitan Middlesex, Ratcliff Highway [The Highway], Charles Yeo, Farthing, 1663, 0.68g/12h (N –; D –). Obverse good fine, reverse very fine, ‘river’ patina, of the highest rarity, believed unpublished £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks June 2013.

The full reading is: mm. cinquefoil, charles · yeo · in, 1663, cinquefoil flanked by pellets above and below, rev. ratlefe (lozenge) highway (lozenge) y c e flanked by lozenges