17th Century Kent Farthing, Rochester, Alice Cobham, 1651 Family arms initial mark leaved thistle

initial mark leaved thistle

GRA: MAG: BR: FRA: ET

Moneyer Colgrim

this example with the sun over eye obverse strike being perhaps even rarer as we can trace only one other slightly inferior example in private hands

the clock hands aligned at 12 o'clock

17th Century Kent Farthing, Rochester, Alice Cobham, 1651 Family arms initial mark leaved thistle17thCentury Token, Kent,Rochester, Alice Cobham, Farthing, 1651, Cobham Family Arms, three crescents on a chevron, legend surrounding, *ALICE. COBHAM, rev. hind's head within a pallisado crown, the crest of the Cobham family, legend surrounding *IN. ROCHESTER. 1651, weight 1. 02g (Norweb 2703; Boyne 385; B. W. 464). Some porosity fair to fine, rarer variety without reverse initials.