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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-20B023
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by the Constables of Taunton, 1667 AD; Williamson (1891:987), Somerset 227.
Notes:
Obverse description: Rebus: a T over a tun, two pellets flanking a rose above the T
Obverse inscription: A TAVNTON FARTHING
Reverse description: [A castle]
Reverse inscription: BY THE CONSTABLES 1[66]7
Die axis measurement: 3o'clock
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 2.13 g
Diameter: 21.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th June 2012 - Tuesday 19th June 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22149
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: North Pertherton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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