Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 8012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 386

St Mary at Hill and neighbourhood, Edmond Lawrence – Fishmongers´ arms, William Hall AT YEKINGS, arms, 1/2d. 1668; St Mary Axe, Mary Dell, 1657 – bell; St Mary Magdalene ?Milk Street, Georg Green – anchor; St Michael Queenhithe, Pearcivall Stevenson, 1/2d. – crowned rose; St Michael´s Alley, Steph. Hayward [and] Geo. Backler At the ould Coffee house, formerly Bomans, 1/2d. – hand pouring coffee from pot to bowl; St Michael´s Lane, G. H., VAX CHANDLLER – cow´s head, Thomas Nutt NEER THE OLD SWAN, 1/2d. – dolphin (N.7605, 7610-11, 7613a, 7614a, 7615, 7618-19; BW.2691, 2686, 2694, 2724, 2311, 2695, Uncertain 88, London 2696), fair to nearly very fine, BW.2686 corroded, BW.2695 chipped; BW.2691 rare, BW.2694, 2724, 2311, 2695 and Uncertain 88 very rare, the others extremely rare; BW.2694 the only known type for its location (8) Estimate £ 180-220 Edmund Lawrence, fishmonger; ?George Green, goldsmith; Christopher Bowman set up the first coffee-house in London, c.1652; G. H. = Grace Hardwin, wax chandler, on whose token the letters SMCLATCH have been revealed as an abbreviation for St Michael Crooked Lane at the Cow´s Head

Sold for
£240