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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOMDOR285
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
PAL 226Class: Bristol farthing
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1652
Date to: AD 1670
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 1999 - Thursday 1st July 1999
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Ship and tower
Obverse inscription: [T]HE ARMES OF BRISTO[LL]
Reverse description: Date illegible
Reverse inscription: [A BRIST] O[LL F]ARTHIN[G]
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: S. Petherton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson, R.H. | 1988 | The Norweb Collection, Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part 2. Dorset, Durham, Essex and Gloucestershire | Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 38 |
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