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Unique ID: CORN-DA5526
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by Alexander Peake of Topsham, Devon. Dickinson (1986, 50) Devon no. 339B (reassigned from Williamson (Surrey) no. 70, where it was assumed to relate to Epsom), dated 1655 (on token).
It measures 14.8 mm in diameter, 0.6 mm in thickness and weighs 0.67 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1655
Date to: Exactly AD 1655
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 14.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st July 2010
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Other reference: Finder's reference 5713
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Initials: . P . / A . A, arranged in a triad
Obverse inscription: ALEXANDER . PEAKE, five-pointed star initial mark
Reverse description: Initials: . P . / A . A, arranged in a triad
Reverse inscription: IN . APSVM . 1655
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: SW5231
Four figure Latitude: 50.127132
Four figure longitude: -5.471223
1:25K map: SW5231
1:10K map: SW51SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 50 | 339B |