BH-8199A8: Post-Medieval token halfpenny of Daniell Fossey of Dunstable, Bedfordshire

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Unique ID: BH-8199A8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy token halfpenny of Daniell Fossey of Dunstable, Bedfordshire; dated '1668'. Ref: Williamson 1967: Vol 1, p. 9, no. 39.

Diameter: 20.3mm; thickness: 0.9mm; weight: 1.7g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1668

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 20.3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th September 2013

Rally details.

This object was found at Thesaurus Group at Offley, Hertfordshire, September 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: TLB 2013 - 108

Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: A greyhound running left with a hare, two crossed pipes above, tobacco-roll below.
Obverse inscription: DANIELL FOSSEY
Reverse description: 'HIS/HALFE/PENY/D.[E].F'
Reverse inscription: OF DVNSTABLE 1668
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Lilley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL1126
Four figure Latitude: 51.92146779
Four figure longitude: -0.3873427
1:25K map: TL1126
1:10K map: TL12NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Williamson, G.C.	1967	Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century	London	Seaby Ltd

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