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Auction 74 12-13 Apr 2023
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Maritime History, Portsmouth: a well-worn crown-size brass disc, engraved with names, ABRAHAM OTGER MARCH 12 1710, rev. * St IOHN PARSONS CAPT ROBERT STEPHENS, traces of an armorial device to the centre of both sides, 39.5mm., fair to fine; engraved disc, nam on horseback, INTEMERATA FIDES, rev. a flower, MAY THE LILLY of LOYALTY NEVER FADE, 36mm., crimped, fine; another, indecipherable; worn copper halfpenny counterstamped with fouled anchor and BATES, fine (4)
The National Archives have records of an Abraham Otger as Clerk to Henry Greenhill (1646–1708), the Resident Commissioner of the Navy at Portsmouth, 1695-1702. Greenhill was succeeded by Captain Sir William Gifford (c.1649-1724), but by 1710 the Commissioner was Isaac Townsend (c. 1685–1765). The cataloguers have had to assume that Otger remained at his job. The other two names have not been identified.
Estimate: 70 - 100 GBP
The National Archives have records of an Abraham Otger as Clerk to Henry Greenhill (1646–1708), the Resident Commissioner of the Navy at Portsmouth, 1695-1702. Greenhill was succeeded by Captain Sir William Gifford (c.1649-1724), but by 1710 the Commissioner was Isaac Townsend (c. 1685–1765). The cataloguers have had to assume that Otger remained at his job. The other two names have not been identified.
Estimate: 70 - 100 GBP