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Sold on 21 September 2016

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The Collection of Somerset 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Terry Winsborough

Tony Winsborough

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№ 197

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21 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£220

Axbridge, William Hopkins, Farthing, 1656, 0.60g/6h (Young 2:1; N 3943; BW. 2); Bath, City Farthings (2), 1659, 2.11g/3h (DY 4:2; N 3947; BW. 5), 1670, 1.87g/9h (DY 4:10; N 3954; BW. 6), Richard Bigges, Farthing, later dies both sides, 0.73g/12h (DY 5:3 rev.; N 3955 rev., different obv.; BW. 10), John Bush, Farthing, 1656, 0.98g/6h (DY 5:5; N 3957a, this piece; BW. 12), Henery Chapman, Farthings (2), 1.18g/12h (DY 6:1; N 3958; BW. 13), 0.92g/12h (DY 6:2; N 3959; BW. 14), Walter Chapman, Farthing, 1.32g/6h (DY 6:4; N 3961; BW. 15), John Pearce, Farthings, 1652 (2), 0.76g/6h (DY 8:1; N 3964; BW. 26), 1.29g/12h (DY 8:2; N 3965; BW. 27), Robert Penny, Farthing, 1.19g/6h (DY 8:3; N 3966; BW. 28), Francis Rance, Farthing, 1659, 0.71g/11h (DY 8:4; N 3967; BW. 30), William Smith, Farthing, 1666, 0.96g/12h (DY 8:7; N 3970; BW. 34) [13]. N 3943 excavated, N 3955 var. with flan clip but very rare, others generally fine, a few better £180-220

Provenance: N 3943 found at Winchester, bt M. Sleeman August 1990; N 3947 W. Winton Collection, Glendining Auction, 18 February 1987, lot 275 (part), bt N.A. Clark September 1987; N 3954 bt in Southampton October 1982; N 3955 var. bt N.A. Clark May 1990; N 3957a R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 487 (part), bt J. Whitmore May 1995; *N 3958 bt N.A. Clark January 1991; N 3959 C.F.K. Granger Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 142 (part), bt M. Wills April 2015; N 3961 bt L. Bennett June 1988; N 3964 bt S.E. Schwer January 1987; N 3965 bt J.L. Wetton November 1981; N 3966 bt N.A. Clark February 1986; N 3967 M.J. Harris Collection, bt N.A. Clark May 2013; N 3970 bt R. Jeffery September 1983