PUBLIC-466682: Post-medieval trade token farthing (Tetbury, Gloucestershire)

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TOKEN

Unique ID: PUBLIC-466682

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by borough of Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Williamson (1967, 251) Gloucestershire no. 163, dated 1669 (on token).

It has a slight green patina. It has a hole pierced in it at the top, through the obverse, suggesting it may have been worn as an amulet.

Class: Williamson Gloucestershire 163
Evidence of reuse: pierced

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th July 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Inscription: IN TETBVRY 1669
Obverse inscription: THIS FARTHING IS OWND, IN TETBVRY 1669
Reverse description: Arms of Tetbury; two dolphins
Reverse inscription: YE ARMES OF THAT BVRROVG
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Childswickham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP0738
Four figure Latitude: 52.04035704
Four figure longitude: -1.89935746
1:25K map: SP0738
1:10K map: SP03NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Williamson, G.C.	1967	Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century	London	Seaby Ltd	251	163

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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