Special Collections

Sold between 16 & 16 March 2005

2 parts

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18th Century Tokens from the Collection formed by David Litrenta

Dr David Edward Litrenta

Lot

№ 1478

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16 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£75

18th Century, Middlesex, National series, George III’s Recovery from Illness, 1789, a bronze medal by J. Davies, 8.00g/6h (DH 932; BHM 296); George III’s Recovery from Illness, 1789, a gilt medal by Wilmore Alston & Co, 4.05g/11h (DH 938; BHM 310); Halfpenny for general circulation, 9.56g/6h (DH 945a); Revolution Jubilee, 1788, medals by J. Davies (4), in copper, 5.39g/6h (DH 948; Woolf 75:2; BHM 289), plated, 4.59g/6h (DH 948; Woolf 75:2; BHM 289); brass (2), 4.32g/12h (DH 949; Woolf 75:2; BHM 283), 2.53g/12h (DH 950; Woolf 75:2; BHM 283) [7]. DH 945a extremely fine with original colour, DH 938 about very fine, others generally very fine but DH 932 with flan crack (£50-70)

Provenance:
DH 948 J. Atkins Collection, F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Atkins July 1904], bt R. Gladdle