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The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence

David L Spence

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№ 1657

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29 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£880

Bath, William Gye, gilt Proof mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, seated female instructing boy to unlock a door, debtors in ilchester goal, etc, rev. arms of Bath, edge york built a.m. 1223, cathedral rebuilt a.d. 1075, 10.81g/6h (DH – [34 obv., 30 rev.]). Trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and of the highest rarity, believed unpublished (£300-400)

Provenance:
Dr R.J. Hudson Collection [from Seaby 1963]