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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-0EEFB7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by James Alders of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, dating to 1648-1672. Williamson (1967, 62) Cambridgeshire no. 10.
The token measures 15.2mm in diameter,has a thickness of 0.4mm, and weighs 0.6g.
Class: trade
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
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 15.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd November 2006
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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 rampant lion standing left
Obverse inscription: IA[MES] AL[DERS]
Reverse description: Initials: I A
Reverse inscription: IN CAMBRIDGE
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 62 | 10 |
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