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London - Strand, Philip Asley at the Lyceum (circus owner) advertising Halfpenny (1795), Man dressed
as Mercury standing on the back of a horse, rev. Man balancing on a sword on a table, edge. PAYABLE AT
LONDON BATH OR MANCHESTER, 28mm/9.04gm. (DH 362a). Another the same but edge PAYABLE
IN DUBLIN OR LONDON, 29mm/9.28gm. (DH 362b). Another the same but bronzed 29mm/9.28gm. (DH 362b). Another the same but edge diagonally milled to left, 28mm/8.48gm. (DH 362f). Another the same but unrecorded edge - milled to right, 28mm/8.9gm. (DH 362i). All good Extremely Fine, all with some lustre especially DH 362f which is almost full original colour, bronzed piece fawn brown toning and scarce. [5]
DH 362a, 362f and 362i ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets, last ex S Hamer sale via Glendinings 26 Nov 1930 acquired from AHB 13
Dec 1930 for 15/-. Acquired AHB c 1946.
Philip Astley's 'Equestrian Amphitheatre' on Westminster Bridge Road had been badly damaged by fire in 1794 and so he came here, and rented the Lyceum in the Strand, whilst his own premises was rebuilt. This halfpenny token was issued to advertise the new location for his circus in 1795 and undoubtedly would have been spendable at the performance, or for that matter, anywhere else.
as Mercury standing on the back of a horse, rev. Man balancing on a sword on a table, edge. PAYABLE AT
LONDON BATH OR MANCHESTER, 28mm/9.04gm. (DH 362a). Another the same but edge PAYABLE
IN DUBLIN OR LONDON, 29mm/9.28gm. (DH 362b). Another the same but bronzed 29mm/9.28gm. (DH 362b). Another the same but edge diagonally milled to left, 28mm/8.48gm. (DH 362f). Another the same but unrecorded edge - milled to right, 28mm/8.9gm. (DH 362i). All good Extremely Fine, all with some lustre especially DH 362f which is almost full original colour, bronzed piece fawn brown toning and scarce. [5]
DH 362a, 362f and 362i ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets, last ex S Hamer sale via Glendinings 26 Nov 1930 acquired from AHB 13
Dec 1930 for 15/-. Acquired AHB c 1946.
Philip Astley's 'Equestrian Amphitheatre' on Westminster Bridge Road had been badly damaged by fire in 1794 and so he came here, and rented the Lyceum in the Strand, whilst his own premises was rebuilt. This halfpenny token was issued to advertise the new location for his circus in 1795 and undoubtedly would have been spendable at the performance, or for that matter, anywhere else.