Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-A3DBE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy farthing token issued by Edward Davis of Trowbridge dating to the period c AD1660-1670. Cf Williamson 249.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1670
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 14.61 mm
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Other reference: WHM 1588
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A circle inside the legend and in the centre, the initials E.D with four pellets around with a flower above and below the initials and pellets on each of the two letters.
Obverse inscription: TROWBRIDGE IN WILTIS
Reverse description: A circle inside the legend and in the centre, the initials H.D with four pellets around with a flower above and below the initials.
Reverse inscription: TROWBRIDGE IN WILTIS
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
4 Figure: SU0856
Four figure Latitude: 51.30306684
Four figure longitude: -1.88662959
1:25K map: SU0856
1:10K map: SU05NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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