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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-012E14
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Ralph Nicholson of Durham. Williamson (County Durham) no. 35, dating to 1648-1672. Williamson (1889; 1967, 205).
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
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 1998
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: ADT038
Other reference: Finder's Reference 102
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Legend: IN . DVRHAM
Obverse inscription: RALPH . NICHOLSON
Reverse description: The King's head crowned
Reverse inscription: GOD. SAVE . YE . KING
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Alderton
Spatial coordinates
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 | 205 | 35 |
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