The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 149
Sir Henry Oxenden or Oxinden (d. 1620)
Estimate £600 - £800
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Description
Sir Henry Oxenden or Oxinden (d. 1620), an Elizabethan Shilling smoothed and engraved, helm over shield of garnished arms, "+ Fui Henricus Oxinden" , rev., legend engraved in concentric circles, "Quis nuit fi spiritus fisiorum Adam ascendat / et si spiritus iumentorum descendat deorsum", 34.5mm (unpublished). Only fine but a fascinating private token or counter and believed unique.
Sir Henry Oxinden (d. 1620) of Dene in Wingham, Kent. The reverse legend is from Ecclesiastes 3:21: Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum et si spiritus iumentorum descendat deorsum (Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?).