Special Collections

Sold on 1 February 2022

1 part

.

The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of South London formed by Quentin Archer

Quentin Archer

Download Images

Lot

№ 835

.

2 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£120

Southwark, Borough High Street, T.K.B. the rose and crowne, Farthing, 1651, 0.83g/6h (E 392; N 4874; BW. 5); W.M.B. at the bores head, Farthing, 1649, 1.11g/6h (E 394; N 4848a, this piece; BW. 418); Richard Blake, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.17g/12h (E 401; N 4788b, this piece; BW. 10); Hugh Blundell, Farthing, 1.05g/6h (E 402, this piece illustrated; N 4789; BW. 11); Susanna Bond, Farthing, 1664, 0.78g/6h (E 403; N 4790, this piece; BW. 12) [5]. Fourth fine, last good fine, black patina and a little surface verdigris, others fair £90-£120

Provenance: E 392 bt J. Holman February 2014; E 394 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, C. Danehower Collection, DNW Auction 176, 26 May 2020, lot 88 (part) [from Spink 1996]; E 401 Norweb Collection; E 402 A.J.H. Coker Collection, DNW Auction T1, 15 December 2005, lot 1826 (part) [from M. Trenerry]; *E 403 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, C. Danehower Collection, DNW Auction 141, 14 June 2017, lot 907 (part)