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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-2DC917
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing of 'A merchant of the staple of England'. This is a known type but the name and location of the issuer is unknown, 1652-1670 AD; Williamson (1891:1427), Without Names of Towns, Issuers or Initials, 92. See Thompson and Dickinson (2011, pl. 64) no. 9380
Because the issuer is uncertain the findspot is particular significant as it may help the issuing area to be narrowed down.
Published in Burnett (2013, 197-8, fig. 11)
Notes:
Obverse description: Arms of the Staple-Merchants
Obverse inscription: THE . FARTHING . OF . A . MERCHANT
Reverse description: A fleece
Reverse inscription: OF . THE . STAPLE . OF . ENGLAND
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
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 1652
Date to: Circa AD 1670
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 3.88 g
Diameter: 20.35 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 29th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 020845
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Chedzoy
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | Vol II; 1427 | 92 | |
| Burnett, L. | 2013 | Finds reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in 2010-2011 | Taunton Castle | SANHS | |||
| Thompson, R.H. and Dickinson, M.J. | 2011 | The Norweb Collection, Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part 8. Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. (Sylloge of Coins of British Isles 62) | London | Spink & Sons Limited | 64 | 9380 |
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