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TOKEN
Unique ID: LEIC-12EA46
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post Medieval copper alloy token halfpenny, issued by Arthur Cloudsley, Melton. eg.2891 in Norweb
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1664
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.45 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: row of candles
Obverse inscription: [ARTHVR]CLOVDSLEY[..]
Reverse description: ABC in pyramid formation
Reverse inscription: [1664INMELTON]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Knossington and Cold Overton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8010
Four figure Latitude: 52.6818
Four figure longitude: -0.818065
1:25K map: SK8010
1:10K map: SK81SW
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 | plate 47 | 2891 |
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