17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

City of London, Bishopsgate Street, A[scanius] H[icks], Farthing, 0.91g/6h (N 6584; BW. 232); Hen. Horne, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 6573; BW. 237); Rich. Levet, Farthing, 1653, 1.05g/12h (N 6567; BW. 242); I.K.M. at the acorne, Farthings (2), 0.96g/6h (N 6579; BW. 243), 0.99g/6h (N 6580; BW. 243); I.M.M. at the blew anchor, Farthing, 0.74g/6h (N –; D 243A) [6]. N 6573, 6579 and 6584 fine and better, others fair, D 243A very rare £100-150

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 6567 bt M.C.S. Rasmussen October 2009; N 6573 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 495 (part) [from Seaby December 1979]; N 6579 W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 824 (part); N 6580 Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 301 (part); *N 6584 G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 189 (part) [from S.E. Schwer 1979]; D 243A bt G. Clegg March 2011.

Ascanius Hicks, innholder, The Ship, aka the Great James, married Susan Ellis 1637, succeeded by Edward Drayton (see previous lot); Henry Horne, cheesemonger; Richard Levett († by 1665), cordwainer, wife’s name Anne