SUSS-0F6D26: Post Medieval Traders Token of Edmund Middleton

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Unique ID: SUSS-0F6D26

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post Medieval copper alloy trade token of Edmund Middleton of Lewes, Sussex, dated to 1666.

Obverse: * EDMVND.MIDDLETON.OF / (in centre) The Haberdashers' Arms.

Reverse: * LEWIS.IN.SVSSEX.1666 / (in centre) *M*//E . E

For a comparable example, cf. Williamson (rev.ed) 1891, Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century By Corporations, Merchants, Tradesmen, Etc. Vol 2, p1175, No 114. For PAS database parallels, cf. SUSS-5715C6; SUSS-F5C9E1; SUSS-27C1F4; SUSS-4FDDD3.

Notes:

FIND SPOT MISSING - NEED FROM FINDER BEFORE PROMOTING. sas 10.2.13

Edmund Middleton was Constable of Lewes 1666, 1675 and 1679.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1666

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.92 g
Diameter: 15.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2012

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: * EDMVND.MIDDLETON.OF
Obverse inscription: (in centre) The Haberdashers' Arms
Reverse description: (in centre) *M*//E . E
Reverse inscription: LEWIS.IN.SVSSEX.1666
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Rodmell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ4105
Four figure Latitude: 50.82737489
Four figure longitude: 0.00065267
1:25K map: TQ4105
1:10K map: TQ40NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date is that first reported and recorded

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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