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TOKEN

Unique ID: SOMDOR1155

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

18th century Norwich token.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Trade Token
Sub class: Halfpenny

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1794

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1991

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Halfpenny (copper alloy)
Obverse description: View of a castle and bridge. Edge inscription - RICHARD BACON COCKEY LANE
Obverse inscription: NORWI[CH CASTLE]
Reverse description: A hanging sheep.
Reverse inscription: GOOD TIMES [WILL COME] MDCCXCIV

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET NORTON FITZWARREN

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Dalton, R. and Hamer, S.H. 1910 The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century Illustrated 210 Norwich - No. 12

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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