18th Century British Trade Tokens

Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Ottley’s City Pennies (4), revs. Cathedral, 14.21g/12h (DH 12, restrike), High Cross, 10.40g/12h (DH 19), St John’s Church, 10.24g/12h (DH 17), St Mary de Lode Church, with buttresses, 10.34g/12h (DH 14) [4]. First very fine but from very rusty dies, others about extremely fine and bronzed, DH 14 better, DH 19 with surface marks on reverse, all rare, especially DH 12 and 17 £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: DH 12 F.S. Cokayne Collection, A.W. Jan Collection, Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1253 (part); *DH 14 R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part I, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 159 (part) [from R. Gladdle August 1996]; DH 17 Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1253 (part); DH 19 R.S. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 2009 (part) [from J. Holman January 2005], bt W. McKivor September 2006