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TOKEN
Unique ID: HAMP-DD1794
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn and corroded, bent 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by William Joyce of Salisbury, Wiltshire, in 1652 AD (Williamson 199 (Wiltshire))
Notes:
The issuer was Mayor of Salisbury in 1639 (Williamson 1967, 1245).
Class: trade
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
Length: 15.5 mm
Width: 15.05 mm
Thickness: 0.45 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3257
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A camel couchant left
Obverse inscription: WILLIAM . IOY[CE]
Reverse description: Initials: '*//W . I'
Reverse inscription: * IN [SA]R[V]M . 1652
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Broughton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 1245 | 199 |
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