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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-839A23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and corroded Post Medieval copper alloy 17th century farthing token of IOHN AMES. The token is badly degraded but sufficient can be resolved of the reverse to identifier the issuer.
Obv.
IOHN. AMES; [A man making candles]
Rev.
[IN YARMOVTH 1652] //A/I/I
Williamson; Trade Tokens Vol II (1891) p878; No 287-290
Class: traders
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1652
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.85 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
Parish or ward: Blundeston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM5197
Four figure Latitude: 52.513042
Four figure longitude: 1.697755
1:25K map: TM5197
1:10K map: TM59NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 878; 287-290 |
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