Obv: (sexfoil)IOHN.ROBERTS.AT.YE.DRVM , around beaded inner circle, a drum.
Rev: (sexfoil)OVER.AGAINST.CLARKENWEL , around beaded inner circle, HIS HALFE PENNY in three lines with EV/F below.
Ex Norweb 7893, illustrated; ex Q. Archer.
M Dickinson, London 665/1977A.
Believed the only known specimen with this die combination.


The reverse die was intended for the halfpenny of one of Robert's near neighbours, Edward Usher of Mutton Lane D 1977A. A converse mule, linking the obverse of Usher’s token with the reverse of Robert's, is in the Museum of London (SCBI Norweb VIII).

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