British Coins and Tokens

LONDON, Haymarket, King’s Theatre, 1823, octagonal bone, legend, rev. named (Saturday, S.L. De Symons Esqr., 14), 38 x 35mm, 6.39g (W – [cf. 321]). About very fine, very rare £240-£300

Samuel Lyons de Symons (1789-1860), an Ashkenazi Jew, lived at Russell Square and later Cumberland Street, London; he was a relative of the diamond merchant Baron Lyon de Symons, who was declared bankrupt in 1814.