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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-D96DC2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by John Sprake in Taunton, Somerset, 1648-1672 AD; Williamson (1891:991), Somerset 282.
Notes:
Obverse description: A pair of hanging scales
Obverse inscription: * [IOHN] . S[PR]AK[E . IN . TANTON]
Reverse description: Initials arranged in a triangle .S.//I.G
Reverse inscription: * IN . SOMERSET . [SHIER]
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: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 15.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22364
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: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Chedzoy
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 991 | 282 |
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