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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-7D8C08
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy seventeenth century traders token of John Grenway of Crewkerne. Not dated. Williamson, vol.II, p.978, no.109 Diameter: 15.89mm, Thickness: 0.79mm Weight: 0.80g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.79 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 15.89 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th April 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020468
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Arms; ermine, on a canton crecent
Obverse inscription: IOHN GRENWAY
Reverse description: Pellet either side of letter G. Flower between letters I.
Reverse inscription: OF CREWKERNE = G I I
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Merriott
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 978 | 109 |
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