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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-311C76
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn and corroded post-medieval copper-alloy trader's token farthing (large) (probably) probably issued by the town of Bridgwater, dated 1666 on token, possibly Williamson (Somerset) 48/49
Class: trade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1666
Date to: Circa AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.4 mm
Width: 21.5 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.75 g
Diameter: 22.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22463
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Date '1666' across centre of field
Obverse inscription: [A] BRIDG[WATER FARTHING]
Reverse description: Bridgwater castle on a bridge of five arches
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | 974 | 48/49 |
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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