Triton XVIII, Lot: 1889. Estimate $400. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Thomas Spence’s Mules. Lot of five (5) CU Halfpenny Tokens. ‘French Liberty’ series.
(a) Frenchman gnawing on bone / Liberty cap over anchor. D&H 774 // ‘Gordon’ series. Bust of Lord George Gordon obverse type.
(b) Britannia seated. D&H 775 //
(c)Caduceus. D&H 776 //
(d) Heart in hand within wreath. D&H 777 //
(e) Cain slaying Able. D&H 778. VF to EF, (a) and (d) lacquered.
From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Dix, Noonan, & Web (6 October 2010), lot 439. (a) Ex J.R. Farnell Sr. Collection (Part I, Sotheby’s New York, 8 December 1981), lot 163 (part of). (b) Ex M.Z. Gerson Collection (Part I, Spink 53, 19 June 1986), lot 254 (part of).