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TOKEN
Unique ID: LANCUM-A759A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A 17th century copper-alloy token of Christopher Coxal of Boston, struck 1666.
Obverse: CHRISTOPHER.COXAL.;Ironmongers' arms.
Reverse: [IN].BOSTON.[1666].; C.D.C.
Ref: Townsend , T.W. (1983), Seventeenth Century Tradesmen's Tokens of Lincolnshire: The Issuers, Lincolnshire Museums: Occasional Papers No. 2, page 22.
NB. The find was not seen by the FLO. It was reported via email. Images kindly provided by finder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1666
Date to: Exactly AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.55 g
Diameter: 16.53 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th April 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Boston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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