The Two Brewers

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued at the 2 Brewers tavern, in Saffron Hill, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2443; Obv inscription: AT.THE.2.BREWERS (around field, in Roman capitals) Device =Two brewers carrying a barrel (in field); Rev inscription: ON.SAFRON.HILL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = G.A.P. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 8114 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 62, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VIII - Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. Saffron Hill runs south of Clerkenwell Road, in the London Borough of Camden, having formerly been part of Holborn, Middlesex.