Thomas Sackville

Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst (1536-1608), Lord High Treasurer, silver counter, 1602[3], arms of Sackville within Garter, T SACKVIL B D BVCH ANG THES EQ AVRA, rev., a leopard rampant, 16 - 02, SEMPER FIDELIS, 28.5mm (MI 188/3). Extremely fine with even grey tone, rare.

Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1603[4]) was a statesman, poet, and dramatist. The leopard was his crest.

Provenance: Bt. Baldwin, December, 2006.