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Unique ID: PUBLIC-0F4311
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by the Mayor of Oxford, Oxfordshire, dated 1652 (on token). Williamson (1967, 930) Oxfordshire no. 111.
The token measures 15.9mm in diameter, has a thickness of 0.8mm, and weighs 1.2g.
Class: Williamson Oxfordshire 111
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1652
Date to: Exactly AD 1652
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A long horned bull going left, passing a ford, on a shield (the Arms of the City of Oxford)
Obverse inscription: THE MAYOR OF.
Reverse description: Initials: C O / 1652
Reverse inscription: OXFORD TOKEN
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 | 930 | 111 |