Lot 157 – Middlesex Spence halfpenny D&H 687, Dalton Specimen
Century Provincial Tokens of England, Middlesex
Middlesex, Little Turnstile, Thomas Spence; DH 687, halfpenny struck in copper, 12.61g , 29.66mm. The dies by this stage have started to rust, particularly visible by ‘CAIN & ABEL’. Otherwise, sharp, lustrous and very attractive example, good extremely fine or better .
O : Bust to left, T * SPENCE + 7 MONTHS IMPRISON’D FOR HIGH TREASON +
Signed JAMES, 1794 (the 4 retrograde)
R : Cain killing Abel, THE BEGINING OF OPPRESSION.<> (the three ‘N’s retrograde)
CAIN & ABEL below figures
E : X SPENCE X DEALER X IN X COINS X LONDON
Est. £180-£250
Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb 09/2005, lot 1464, Fawcett/Litman Collection; Ex-Dr David L Spence; ex-W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958; ex-R. Dalton December 1910
Winning Bid: £250.00
Item condition: