Howden, Robert Wighton, Farthing, 1.16g/12h (N –; D –). Fine or better, green patina, of the highest rarity and believed previously unpublished £300-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Yorkshire 17th Century Tokens formed by Christopher Street.

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Provenance: Bt C. Legge September 2015.

The token reads: mm. open quatrefoil, robert · wighton, quadruped with horns and a curly tail, rev. mm. five-point mullet, of (open quatrefoil) howden (5-point mullet, open quatrefoil), rw, open quatrefoil above and below flanked by single pellet