TOKEN
Unique ID: HAMP-DD1794
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow 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 [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Exactly AD 1652
Dimensions and weight
Length: 15.5 mm
Width: 15.05 mm
Thickness: 0.45 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
Quantity: 1
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Robert
Webley
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Identified by: Mr Robert
Webley - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3257
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]
Jetton/ token data
Denomination: Jetton [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Test Valley
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.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
References cited
- Boyne, W. and Williamson, G.C., 1889. Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland London : 2 volumes, pp1245
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Created:
Saturday 24th March 2012
Updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
