Lot 224 – Middlesex Spence halfpenny D&H 754, Scarce, Dalton Specimen
Century Provincial Tokens of England, Middlesex
Middlesex, Little Turnstile, Thomas Spence; DH 754, halfpenny struck in copper, 12.55g , 29.21mm. A very attractive example with substantial original colour, good extremely fine . Scarce.
O : Dog walking left, MUCH GRATITUDE O BRINGS SERVITUDE O
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. £250-£350
Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb 03/2006 Auction, lot 263, Ex-D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1482 (part); Fawcett/Litman Collection; ex-W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958; ex-R. Dalton December 1910
Winning Bid: £471.00
Item condition: