Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Two Draymen
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Two Draymen, in St Katherine's Lane, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2607; Obv inscription: AT.THE.2.DRAY.MEN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Two men carrying a barrel (in field); Rev inscription: IN.S.KATHERINS.LANE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.A.D. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
See also, 96.66/279, in the museum collection, and token number 8418 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 62, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VIII - Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. St Katherine's Lane, lay in Stepney, Middlesex, in the area now covered by St Katherine's Docks, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN18607
- Object name:
- The Two Draymen
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- I.D.
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- Related places:
Middlesex; St Katherine's Lane, Tower Hamlets, London [Tower Hamlets], Tower Hamlets
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 1.55 g
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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