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TOKEN
Unique ID: HAMP-EA5603
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn, corroded and slightly bent 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued in Andover for the benefit of the disabled poor in 1666 (Williamson 14)
Class: trade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.4 mm
Width: 15.95 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 0.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001 - Tuesday 1st August 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2029
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Arms of Andover (lion under a tree)
Obverse inscription: [HELP O AN]DEVER 1666
Reverse description: A standing figure holding crutches
Reverse inscription: FOR Y[E POO]R[ES BE]NEFIT
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Owslebury CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 258 | 14 |
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