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TOKEN
Unique ID: CAM-21D742
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy 17th century trade token of Mary Tristtram. The initial mark on both the obverse and reverse is a mullet. Obverse shows three hats. Obverse legend reads *MARY.TRISTTRAM . Reverse shows M.T. Reverse legend reads *IN.HITCHING.1666 . Weight is 0.53g, diameter is 15.44mm, thickness is 0.56mm.
See Williamson, G. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland. Vol.I. Hertfordshire, p.318, no.124.
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 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.56 mm
Weight: 0.53 g
Diameter: 15.44 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th June 2012 - Sunday 1st July 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: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire Area
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