17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Keith Johnson

WILTSHIRE, Downton, Phillip Rooke, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.16g/3h (N 5471; BW. 81). About fine, excavated patina, very rare; the only issue for the village £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Keith Johnson.

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Found at Downton (Wiltshire) December 1996.

At the Hilary Quarter Sessions in New Sarum in January 1670/1 (OS), Rooke, a grocer, was prosecuted for issuing halfpence and fined 6s 8d (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)