Important British Trade Tokens

Death of Revd. William Romaine, 1795, a silver medal by J. Milton, draped bust three-quarters right in ecclesiastical vestments, rev. Religion standing right, 32mm, 12.82g/12h (DH 216; BHM 403). Trifling surface marks in reverse field, otherwise virtually as struck with steel-blue tone, very rare (£250-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of London 18th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance:
Glendining Auction, 23 September 1965, lot 297 (part)
D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1593 [from Seaby 1966]