Auction Catalogue

30 September 2021

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

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№ 46

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30 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£40

17th Century Tokens, Melksham and Steeple Ashton, A[mbrose[ A[udrey and] J[oseph] A[udrey], Farthings (2), 1665, 1.31g/9h (dies of N 5527 in early state; BW. 150), 1668/5, 1.55g/6h (N 5527; BW. 150) [2]. Poor but much detail clear, latter rare; the two issues for the town £10-£20

Provenance: N 5527 bt R. Jeffery 2019.

Ambrose Audrey lived at Melksham; Joseph Audrey (†1668), overseer of the poor 1664-5, lived at Steeple Ashton