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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-25AAD1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn and corroded post-medieval copper-alloy trader's token farthing (large) issued by William Goodridge of Bridgwater in Somerset in AD 1669; Williamson (1891, 974), Somerset 58
Class: trade
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
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.8 mm
Width: 19.6 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 19.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 2013 - Wednesday 31st July 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22344
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Initials: G // W I
Obverse inscription: [WILLIAM] GOO[D]R[IDGE W I G]
Reverse description: A ship
Reverse inscription: * OF BRIDGW[AT]ER 1669
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Otterhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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