Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

17th Century Tokens, OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, Lawrance King, Farthing, 1.15g/9h (dies not in N; Leeds –; BW. 150). Local workmanship, competently executed, obverse fine, reverse very fine; the only specimen known to the cataloguer
£100-150

Provenance: J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 774 [from Format April 1989]; P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1361.

This curious piece has certain similarities with other undoubtedly locally-made tokens (cf. BNJ 1981, pl.xxiii) and was probably copied from King’s second issue (Leeds 64; Norweb 3701)