WILT-377F27: Post-medieval traders token

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Unique ID: WILT-377F27

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy post-medieval half penny traders token issued by Thomas Penford, a grocer in Bishops Waltham in 1666. Williamson, Hampshire, page 260 no. 46.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1666

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.73 g
Diameter: 19.05 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 3983

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Grocer's arms
Obverse inscription: THOMAS PENFORD 1666
Reverse description: H[IS]/HALF/PE[N]Y/[T]P
Reverse inscription: [IN] BISHOPS [WALLT]ON
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Heytesbury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST9240
Four figure Latitude: 51.159194
Four figure longitude: -2.115778
1:25K map: ST9240
1:10K map: ST94SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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