Great Britain - 1795

Hoxne and Hartsmere

(Tallant, T.) (D & H 33a - Suffolk, Hoxne)
Great Britain - 1/2 Penny - 1795 Great Britain - 1/2 Penny - 1795
Obverse:- A dismounted yeoman in uniform leaning against his horse with his legs crossed and his right arm resting on the animal's neck; his left hand holds his sheathed sword hilt, with the scabbard touching the ground.
Legend:- PRO. ARIS. ET. FOCIS.
Reverse:- A castle with two towers and domed turrets on which colours are flying, with 1795 beneath; the whole encircled by a crowned and shaded buckled garter, arranged in an oval, bearing the Motto in indented letters: "Liberty. Loyalty. Prosperity."
Legend:- HOXNE & HARTSMERE SUFFOLK LOYAL YEOMANRY CAVALY
Edge:- (1) PAYABLE BY THOS. TALLANT HOXNE X
  (2) GOD SAVE THE KING AND CONSTITUTION
Diesinker, Wyon; manufacturer, Lutwyche. Five cwts. struck. Common.
 
Comments. This token apparently served as currency and as a Volunteer medalet. It was issued by Thomas Tallant who was probably a member of this troop which was enrolled the year the piece was struck. The obverse shows a yeomanry cavalryman in the uniform of the time: and the reverse is very similar to the Blything token, Suffolk No. 2, though by a different artist and not so fine. The Hoxne and Hartsmere troop were another company of the Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry.
  Hoxne is a hundred and also a parish on the river Waveney, on the north eastern side of Suffolk, about four miles from Eye, and is where King Edmund was slain by the Danes, and was first buried. Later his remains were removed to Bury St. Edmunds. Hartismere (this is the usual spelling) is an adjoining hundred west of Hoxne.
from Commercial Coins, 1787-1804. pp. 174-175.
 
This is a type 2 edge.
D & H 33a - Hartsmere Suffolk Loyal Yeomanry Cavalry
O: A dismounted yeoman leaning against his horse. PRO ARIS ET FOCIS.
R: A castle within a garter. 1795 HOXNE & HARTSMERE SUFFOLK LOYAL CAVALY
E:
A. 31a
GOD SAVE THE KING AND CONSTITUTION . + . Also struck in silver.