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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-6C1B73
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by the town of Bridgwater; AD 1648-1672 , Williamson (1891: 974), Somerset 50.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.06 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 24th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16576
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: BRIDG/WATER in two lines across field with a large flower flanked by two small flowers above and below the legend all within a circular border of radiating lines
Reverse description: A castle on a bridge of six arches within a circular border of radiating lines
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: North Curry (CP)
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
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 |
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