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TOKEN
Unique ID: YORYM-E73716
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy half penny trade token of post-medieval date. The token is of Barnabas Buttery of Pocklington, East Yorkshire and was issued in 1666.
The token is 20.7mm in diameter and weighs 1.7g.
Obverse: *BARNET BVTTERY** around HIS // HALF //PENY // ***.
Reverse: * OF POCKLINGTON. 1666 around B B.
A similar example is illustrated in Thompson and Dickinson, pl.25, no.5992b.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 20.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Fangfoss (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7651
Four figure Latitude: 53.949529
Four figure longitude: -0.84347
1:25K map: SE7651
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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