City of London, Bishopsgate Without, Benjamin Antrobus, octagonal Halfpenny, 1.98g/6h (N 6646; BW. 265); W.B. at the tvn and arowes, Farthing, 0.55g/6h (BW. 272); Edward Bailey, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.78g/6h (N –; BW. 268); Bathurst, Farthing, 0.78g/6h (N 6606; BW. 271); John Berry, Farthing, 1.08g/6h (N 6607, this piece; D 268A); Henry Burgin, Farthing, 0.71g/6h (N 6608, this piece; BW. 275) [6]. N 6646 and BW. 268 fine, others generally fair, some rare £120-150

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

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Provenance: N 6606 bt I. Smith January 2012; N 6607 F.E. Macfadyen Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-16 July 1907, lot 149 (part), Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 267 (part) [from Baldwin]; N 6608 W.J. Faulkner Collection duplicates, Sotheby Auction, 24 January 1979, lot 149 (part), Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 267 (part) [from S.E. Schwer]; N 6646 with Spink 1968, bt H. Simmons January 2003; *BW. 268 bt N.A. Clark February 2007; BW. 272 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 496 (part) [acquired 1990].

Benjamin Antrobus, draper, fl. 1697; Bathurst, confectioner; John Berry, pinmaker