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A post-medieval copper-alloy trade token farthing issued by Ben Lewes (d. 1679) of the 'Black Lyon' inn, Wincanton, dated 1667 on token, Williamson (1891, 994), Somerset 321
Class: trade
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1667
Date to: Exactly AD 1667
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.78 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Other reference: SCC receipt 16622
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A lion rampant
Obverse inscription: BEN . LEWES . AT . Y[E] . BLAC[K]
Reverse description: Initials: L / B M, rosettes flanking the L and below the B M
Reverse inscription: IN WINCANTON . 1667
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | 994 | 321 |