Rights Holder: Winchester Museums Service
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Unique ID: HAMP-72C0E3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded, slightly bent 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing of uncertain issuer (1648-1672 AD)
Class: trade
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.5 mm
Width: 15.3 mm
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.39 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd February 2012
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Crawley (23/02/12)
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Other reference: E3270
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: (Possibly) bust facing left holding sword/sceptre
Obverse inscription: [...]?D[...]BER[...]
Reverse description: Indiscernible
Reverse inscription: [...]?VG?[...]VB[...]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
4 Figure: SU4234
Four figure Latitude: 51.103769
Four figure longitude: -1.401504
1:25K map: SU4234
1:10K map: SU43SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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