Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Pheonix
William Wright issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Drury Lane, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 887; Obv inscription: WILL.WRIGHT.IN.DRVRY.LANE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A phoenix (in field); Rev inscription: YE.CORNER.OF.BLACKMOR.STREET (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENNY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).
See also J. H. Burn, A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house Tokens current in the Seventeenth Century, presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, 2nd ed. (London, 1855), no. 408. Drury Lane, lies in the London borough of Camden, and the City of Westminster; it previously lay within Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/408
- Object name:
- The Pheonix
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Wright, William
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Drury Lane, Camden & City of Westminster, London [Camden] [City of Westminster], Camden, City of Westminster
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 20 mm, WT 1.65 g
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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