HAMP-52CC77: Post-medieval trade token farthing (Winchester, Hampshire)

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Unique ID: HAMP-52CC77

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A very worn and corroded, now incomplete 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by grocer Nicholas Purdue of Winchester, Hampshire (AD 1648-1672 (Williamson 226 (Hampshire)).

This token has suffered a loss at one point of its circumference.

Class: trade

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15.25 mm
Width: 13.85 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.05 g
Diameter: 15.25 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985 - Thursday 31st December 1992

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3498

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: The Grocers' arms
Obverse inscription: N[IC]HOLAS . PVRDVE
Reverse description: Initials: '. P .//N [. K]'
Reverse inscription: * IN . WINCHESTER
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Chilcomb (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5029
Four figure Latitude: 51.058171
Four figure longitude: -1.287942
1:25K map: SU5029
1:10K map: SU52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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	272	226

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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