Auction Catalogue

4 December 2018

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The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin

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№ 2177

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4 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£340

London, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), sailor seizing a landsman, revs. Free-born Englishman, 10.27g/7h (DH 730), lion and cock, 10.03g/7h (DH 733), conjoined heads of man and ass, 8.94g/6h (DH 734) [3]. Extremely fine, first with attractive red-brown patina £200-£260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin.

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Provenance: *DH 730 P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4-5 December 1985, lot 230 (part), bt P.C.D. April 1986; DH 733 G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 105 (part); DH 734 bt P.C. Deane 1985