445, Lot: 811. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. Lyceum. CU Halfpenny (28mm, 9.59 g, 12h). Undated (struck in late 18th century). THE • FIRST • EQUEST^N. PERFORMANCE • IN • EUROPE •, LYCEUM STRAND/ LONDON in two lines in exergue, Mercury, holding winged caduceus, standing on a horse galloping right, looking left / SINGING DANCING TUMBLING SLACK WIRE &c., EVERY EVENING in exergue , a man balancing himself upon his head on the point of a sword on a three-legged table. Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON BATH OR MANCHESTER +. D&H 362a. EF, brown surfaces.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.