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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy token farthing from Lyon and Key in Thames Street Quay dated AD1651-1674. Parallel found in Williamson (Williamson no. 3118).Obverse: A lion rampant holding a keyObverse inscription: THE LYON AND KEY INReverse: F E RReverse inscription: THEMES STREETE 1651Die axis measurement: 12.00Dimensions: diameter: 15.15mm; weight: 0.78gWilliamson (1889:770) "The Lion and Key is a pictorial pun on Lyon's Quay, one of the twenty quays established in 1558, in Lower Thames Street, from London Bridge to the western extremity of the Tower Ditch."Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.
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