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TOKEN

Unique ID: SOMDOR-95FE85

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

17th century trade token.

Notes:

PAL979

Class: 17th C trade token

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1699

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.76 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Coat of arms around inscription- ermine, on a canton a crescent
Obverse inscription: IOHN GRENWAY
Reverse inscription: OF CREWKERNE around initials IIG

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: South Petherton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST4317
Four figure Latitude: 50.949602
Four figure longitude: -2.812793
1:25K map: ST4317
1:10K map: ST41NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Boyne, W. 1889 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland London Rare Books Club 978 No 109

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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