Somersetshire 1794 farthing token D&H-115
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This specimen was lot 4089 in Goldberg sale 104 (Los Angeles, June 2018), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Farthing Token, 1794. Bath, Somerset. George III. Obverse portrait of Bladud with legend: BLADUD FOUNDED BATH. Reverse: Figure of Bladud with 2 small pigs and THROUGH HIS SWINE. Mint state and very prooflike. Possibly a specimen strike. Choice Uncirculated. Bladud was a legendary king of the Britons who was said to have been (as a youth) educated in Athens, where he contracted a severe skin disease. On his return, the waters of the Bath area cured him, and he later founded a city in the vicinity."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-115.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 104: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
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