TOKEN

Unique ID: LON-8E0CE4

Object type certainty: Certain

A Post Medieval copper alloy token from Shadwell, London dating to the 17th century. Williamson no. 185.

Obverse: EI
Obverse inscription: ELIZ IELLVS NEER BLACK
Reverse: HER HALF PENY
Reverse inscription: CATT IN VPPER SHADWELL
Die axis measurement: 3.00

Dimensions: diameter: 18.25mm; weight: 1.03g.

Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.03 g
Diameter: 18.25 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Numismatic data

No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Wandsworth
Parish: Battersea

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ2877
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Wednesday 15th December 2010
    Updated: Monday 10th January 2011

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