Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Mere, Angel Inn, W. Green, brass Threehalfpence, 18mm (Courtney p.174; Whitmore p.302; Greenaway 1181), Mere Friendly Society, 1837, presented by Henry Jupe, brass, 29mm; Purton and Cricklade, John Lamb, copper (4 – Withers 4370a, 4380, 4385 [2, die-axes 12h and 6h]), William Lamb, brass (Withers 4390b); Rodbourne Cheney, Rodbourne Cheney Club, uniface oval brass Three-Halfpence and Penny, both 33 x 23mm (Greenaway 1183, latter this piece); Rowde, Coffee Tavern, brass Twopence, 26mm (Greenaway 1184, this piece); Seend, C[hurch of] E[ngland] School, brass, 25.5mm (Greenaway 1185) [11]. Second very fine and rare, last excavated, others fine to very fine £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.

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Provenance: First bt J. Foster August 2009; second bt A. Payne; eighth bt N. Hall November 2010; ninth and last B.M. Greenaway Collection, DNW Auction T4, 13 December 2006, lots 1183, 1184 (parts) [ninth from R. Hayes April 1995, last from R. Hayes March 1997], bt A. Judd July 2013.

John Lamb, grocer, draper and tea dealer, also with a shop in Wootton Bassett; William Lamb, b. 1811, draper and grocer, fl. 1861