Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-B6F6AF
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy token dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1650 to 1700.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: HIS/HALF/PENY
Obverse inscription: Unclear
Reverse description: Square shield with upward pointing chevron and three pellets
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: NZ8508
Four figure Latitude: 54.46027708
Four figure longitude: -0.69027499
1:25K map: NZ8508
1:10K map: NZ80NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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