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Auction: 25124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 43: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 378

SUFFOLK, Ipswich, Conder's Penny, 1797, view of an ancient gateway, rev. IMC cypher, edge plain, 17.74g, 12h (D&H 14), usual die flaw to the obverse, lustrous and with a hint of red beneath dark brown surfaces, extremely fine; and, another, as before, edge plain, 16.95g, 12h (D&H 14), with usual die flaw and contact marked, strict very fine; and, Penny, 1795, draped and caped bust left of Cardinal Wolsey rev. view of an ancient gateway, 15.81g, 12h (D&H 10), usual die flaw and some edge bruises, very fine; Woodbridge, Penny, 1796, draped bust facing three-quarters forward of Thomas Sekford, rev. shield of arms between palm branches, motto and legend around, PUBLISHED BY R. LODER 1796 . X ., on edge, 19.81g, 6h (D&H 15), good very fine (4)

Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) was born in Ipswich in 1473. After attending Ipswich School and later at Magdalen College, Oxford, he rose to the position of Lord Chancellor and thus held the highest political position in the court of Henry VIII. However, after his failure to successfully secure the King's annulment from Catherine of Aragon, Wolsey was stripped of his political titles and banished to York where he was allowed to continue his duties as archbishop until his death in 1530.


Thomas Sekford (1515-1587) was a senior lawyer and Member of Parliament. Heralding from Suffolk, he was also a major landowner in the country and is well remembered as a great benefactor to the town of Woodbridge, where he resided at Seckford Hall. This token commemorates his contribution and financial support given to the production of the first County Maps of England undertaken during the 1570s.

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