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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-817B65
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy 17th century farthing traders token of John Sharp from Bury St Edmunds, dated 1666 AD. As Williamson, 1967: pp. 1074, no. 75.
Obverse: *IOHN.SHA[RPE], A woolpack within an inner circle.
Reverse: *IN.BV[REY].1666, The intials I. S., a star above and below, within an inner circle.
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 1666
Date to: Circa AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 17.16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Elveden
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | 1074 no. 75 |
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