SOMDOR-8CD4F1: Post Medieval Trade Token

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Unique ID: SOMDOR-8CD4F1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A worn copper alloy trade token farthing produced by Thomas Denham of the Crown public house, Glastonbury, in 1666.

Class: Trade

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 12.68 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th November 2005

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Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A crown in centre
Obverse inscription: [THOMAS D]ENHAM [AT YE]
Reverse description: T D in centre
Reverse inscription: IN GLAS[TON 1666]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: Milverton area

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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
Boyne, W.	1889	Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland	London	Rare Books Club	395	no. 111

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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