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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-A34FA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy farthing trader's token of the seventeenth century, incomplete but overall in good condition. The token was issued by Thomas Grape of Wokingham in AD 1667. This is the most common Wokingham trade token (W181).
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 1667
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Wednesday 16th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.377
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Lion rampant
Obverse inscription: THOMAS GRAPE
Reverse description: *G*
T D
Reverse inscription: IN WOKINGHAM 1667
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Farleigh Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6146
Four figure Latitude: 51.20995725
Four figure longitude: -1.12813055
1:25K map: SU6146
1:10K map: SU64NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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