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Unique ID: WILT-DAFA80
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A post medieval copper alloy Tetbury trade farthing, 'YE ARMES OF THAT BURROUG' reverse/ 'THIS FARTHING IS OWND' obverse, dated 1669 (Williamson 251, ref. 163): dia. 20.4mm, weight 1.32g
Class: Williamson Gloucestershire 163
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.4 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.32 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th July 2008
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: IN//TET//[BVR]Y//16[69]
Obverse inscription: *THIS.[FARTHI]NG IS.OWND
Reverse description: Arms of Tetbury; two dolphins in shield
Reverse inscription: *Y(superscript E) [ARMES OF THAT BVR]ROV[G]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 251 | 163 |