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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-ADE661
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval copper alloy traders token half penny; issued by Joseph Russell at the George and Dragon in Arundel, Sussex. Williamson Sussex 16, Vol 3, page 1160
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.55 g
Diameter: 17.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th September 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: St George on horseback spearing the dragon at his feet
Obverse inscription: IOSEPH RVSELL AT THE
Reverse description: HIS/HALF/PENY in three lines
Reverse inscription: IN ARNDELL IN SVSSEX
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Aldingbourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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