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Lothbury, Edward Brisco 1670 penny

Obv: EDWARD: BRISCO 1670. in three lines with (mullet)(sexfoil)(mullet) above and below.
Rev: (sexfoil)IN.LOTHBVRY.:. , around beaded inner circle, three greyhounds.
M Dickinson 1832. Dies as Norweb 7298.

Argent three greyhounds courant in pale Sable were the arms of Briscoe, which John Brsco(e) of London brought to the Visitation, 1634; his eldest son and heir apparent was Edward Brisco (Vis. Lond. 1633-35,i. 103). Edward Brisco, Grocer; will of his widow Frances, PCC, 1673, St Margaret Lothbury (Boyd 47628).

Listed here as a penny due to its date, diameter and weight.
Average diameter: 23.5mm. Weight: 3.04 grams.

It is worthy of note at this point that; Edw: Nourse of Bishopsgate Street 1666 farthings (W 247) weigh over 10 grams with a diameter of over 28mm. EDW: NOVRSE HIS FAR_THINGE WORTH OF COPPER.

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