SUR-440114: Post medieval: Andover token

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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUR-440114

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Andover trader's token

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.85 g
Diameter: 20.16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th December 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 07.985

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Man on crutches, wearing hat. 1/2 behind
Obverse inscription: FOR YE POORES BENEFIT
Reverse description: A dog(?) below a tree (town crest).
Reverse inscription: HELP O ANDEVER
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Broughton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3134
Four figure Latitude: 51.104467
Four figure longitude: -1.558608
1:25K map: SU3134
1:10K map: SU33SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Robert Webley wrote @ 16:25:12 on the 13th July 2010.
This is Williamson 13 (p. 258)

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