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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUR-EDA44D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A trader's token issued by Alice Gill in Reading in 1666. Williamson Berks. no.83.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1666
Date to: Circa AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.54 g
Diameter: 15.14 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B14-377
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: A shield: The Baker's Arms
Obverse inscription: ALCE GILL WIDDOW
Reverse inscription: IN READING 1666 / AG
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
District: Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Arborfield and Newland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7667
Four figure Latitude: 51.39695414
Four figure longitude: -0.90896779
1:25K map: SU7667
1:10K map: SU76NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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