City of London, Basinghall Street, Rich. Lem, Farthing, 0.86g/12h (N 6537; BW. 136); T.I.M. at the george, Farthing, 1.12g/6h (N 6536; BW. 137); G[eorge] S[tarckey], Farthing, 0.51g/12h (N –; D 138A), Halfpenny, 1.68g/12h (N 6538b, this piece; BW. 139) [4]. Fair to fine, D 138A very rare but flan slightly buckled £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: N 6536 and 6537 W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 824 (part); *N 6538 R.A. Nott Collection [from Baldwin], Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 423 (part), bt M. Trenerry July 2010; D 138A bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014.

Richard Lem, innholder, The Nag’s Head, second wife Sarah, married 1658; George Starkey († by 1677), freeman 1650, draper