Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

17th Century Tokens, Essex, Pleshey, Humfrey Sarient, Farthing, [16]59, 0.87g/12h (N 1337; BW. 253). Poor but very rare, the only issue from this locality (£50-70)

Provenance:
R.A. Nott Collection
Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection [from Spink 1961]
Dr B. Bird Collection, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 266 (part) [from Mrs N late 1960s]
Mrs Eileen Judson Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 452 [from N. Clark April 1992].

Humphrey Sarjent (c.1613-1674), haberdasher, married Philippa Smith (b. c.1599), 30 March 1638, she pre-deceasing him