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TOKEN
Unique ID: LEIC-EF3EA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post Medieval copper alloy Melton Token, issued by Roger Waite 1666 (Norweb 2895/96).
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.91 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th September 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: HIS/HALF/PENY with flower? below
Obverse inscription: IN(star)MELTON(star)MOWBRAY
Reverse description: three bugles and three initials W/RR
Reverse inscription: ROGER(star)WAITE(star)1666
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Melton Warwick (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7517
Four figure Latitude: 52.745429
Four figure longitude: -0.890415
1:25K map: SK7517
1:10K map: SK71NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson, R.H. and Dickinson, M.J. | 1992 | The Norweb Collection, Tokens of British Isles 1575-1750, Part 3. Hampshire to Lincolnshire | Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 43 | 2895/6 |
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