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TOKEN
Unique ID: DEV-60D557
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by Robert Rood of Dartmouth, Devon. Dickinson (2004, 46) Devon no. 79A; not published in Williamson, dated 1669 (on token).
It measures 17 mm in diameter. It has suffered significant circumferential losses in two main areas opposite each other on the token.
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 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 17 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A pellet
Obverse inscription: ROBERT . ROOD . OF
Reverse description: Initials: R / R T, arranged in a triad, flower stops either side of the R in the top line
Reverse inscription: DARTMOVTH . 1669
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson, M. | 1986 | Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and Their Values | Spink and Son Ltd | 46 | 79A |
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