Tokens, British, Middlesex, P. Ratley, halfpenny in white metal, thick flan, 1795, connoisseur examining picture held by yawning assistant, DUKES COURT ST MARTINS. DEALER IN DRAWGS PICTES & CURIOSOTIES, rev. sea shells by rock, ship at sea, etc. (DH.465), rough surfaces, rather uneven on reverse, but very little actual wear, extremely rare
*ex Longman, lot 171 (part)
ex Baldwin's vault
Apparently a different specimen from that described by Dalton and Hamer on p. 147.
(80-130 GBP)