c.1782 Circus Pit 37mm Token Possibly For Charles Hughes

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W.536, D&W 40/425.

37mm.

Circus Pit token.

Obverse with circus dividing sun rays and floral ornament, reverse with PIT in oak wreath.

Fine and rare, accompanied by a collectors ticket from 1922.

Noonans auctions sold a similar example on 05/06/2019 (lot 1117) where they postulated that this piece may be connected to Charles Hughes (c.1746-97), equestrian and circus proprietor, at St George’s Circus from 1782.