417, Lot: 598. Estimate $75. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, City of London. Fish Stocks (Walbrook). John Thompson. Æ Farthing Token (16mm, 1.40 g, 12h). (star) IOHN * THOMPSON :, Weaver’s coat-of-arms / (star) IN · THE · FISH · STOCKS, Fishmonger’s coat-of-arms. Williamson –; SCBI 59 (Norweb), –; Dickinson 1044A. VF, brown ‘river’ patina. Very rare, the only issue for this locality and possibly the finest known.
Ex Quentin Archer Collection; Dora Harris Collection (Dix, Noonan, & Webb 56, 11 December 2002), lot 506 (part of), purchased from Seaby, July 1982.