Hertfordshire, Cashiobury House
Hertfordshire, Cashiobury House, bronze gambling counter, circa 1725, arms of the Earl of Essex with family motto and the Garter of the Order of St. Andrew. NEMO ME IMUNE LACESSIT/ FIDE ET FORTUDINE, (NO ONE PROVOKES ME WITH IMPUNITY/ BY FAITH AND FORTITUDE, rev. JETTON/ DE / CASHIOBURY, 31 mm, (MI. 464/77; MG. 1175). Nearly extremely fine and rare. £Sold
The house was the ancestral home of the Earls of Essex.In February 1725 William, third Earl of Essex, was elected a Knight of the Order of St. Andrew and these were probably struck soon after this date.. They were intended for use as card counters.
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