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Unique ID: IOW-EAB813
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A post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Bartholomew Bulkly of Lymington, Hampshire. Issued c. 1670 AD. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (264, ref: 88).
Obverse: BARTHOLOMEW.BVLKLY; Grocers' Arms
Reverse: IN.LIMII.NGTON; B B in field
Diameter: 14.8mm. Weight: 0.67g. DA=12:12.
Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd.
Class: Trade token
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1670
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 14.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th October 2011
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Other reference: IOW2011-4-456
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Grocers' Arms
Obverse inscription: BARTHOLOMEW.BVLKLY
Reverse description: B B in field
Reverse inscription: IN.LIMII.NGTON
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 264, ref: 88 |