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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-9CFB12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by John Grenway in Crewkerne, Somerset, 1652-1670 AD; Williamson (1891:978), Somerset, 109.
Notes:
Obverse description: Arms [ermine on canton or crescent]
Obverse inscription: [IOHN . GREN]WAY
Reverse description: G over I . I
Reverse inscription: [IN . CRE]WK[ER]NE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1652
Date to: Circa AD 1670
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 16.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22152
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
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: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Wellington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1320
Four figure Latitude: 50.972819
Four figure longitude: -3.240486
1:25K map: ST1320
1:10K map: ST12SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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 |
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