LIN-011DA3: Post-Medieval copper alloy jetton

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Unique ID: LIN-011DA3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A 17th century copper alloy trade token of John Ray of Spalding. Townsend (1983) writes 'John Ray was grandfather of the Rev. Benjamin Ray, Perpetual Curate of Cowbit and Surfleet (who was elected a member of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society in 1723), and a relative of the founder, Maurice Johnson.' (p. 50).

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1666

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 20 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Mercers' arms
Obverse inscription: IOHN.RAY.OF.SPALDING.
Reverse description: I.M.R.
Reverse inscription: HIS.HALFE.PENNY.1666;
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Holland (District)
Parish or ward: Whaplode (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF2620
Four figure Latitude: 52.762915
Four figure longitude: -0.134115
1:25K map: TF2620
1:10K map: TF22SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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