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TOKEN
Unique ID: HAMP-58B8F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A slightly worn 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by the Winchester grocer William Butler in 1657 AD (Williamson 214).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1657
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.9 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 1.05 mm
Weight: 0.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3276
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Broad-based shield with grocers' arms
Obverse inscription: * WILLIAM . BVTLER . IN
Reverse description: Initials: '. B . // W . I'
Reverse inscription: * WINCHESTER . 1657
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: St. Mary Bourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4451
Four figure Latitude: 51.256473
Four figure longitude: -1.370864
1:25K map: SU4451
1:10K map: SU45SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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