Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Lincolnshire, Langton-by-Spilsby, William Roweth, Halfpenny, 1.15g/12h (PPM 1; Smith 148; N –; BW. 137). Fine, very rare; the only issue for the village and the best of the five specimens known to the cataloguer £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 27 (part); bt Spink 1983.

William Roweth, gardener, wife’s name Martha