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TOKEN
Unique ID: DEV-60B2F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by Robert Horwood of Ilminster, Somerset. Williamson (1967, 982) Somerset no. 168, dating to 1648-1672.
It measures 16 mm in diameter
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 16 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A pair of scales
Obverse inscription: ROBERT HORWOOD
Reverse description: Initials: H / R M, arranged in a triad
Reverse inscription: IN ILMINST[ER CHANDLER]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Charleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX7642
Four figure Latitude: 50.26492314
Four figure longitude: -3.74114869
1:25K map: SX7642
1:10K map: SX72NE
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 | 982 | 168 |
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