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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-FAA9E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by the City of Wells, dated 1657 on token; Williamson (1891:993), Somerset 300.
Notes:
Obverse description: Arms: [a tree, in base three wells]
Obverse inscription: [CITIE] O[F WELLS IN THE]
Reverse description: C W / [1]657
Reverse inscription: CO[VNTY OF SVMM]ERSET (legend starts at 5 o'clock)
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock probably
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1657
Date to: Circa AD 1657
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.49 g
Diameter: 17.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Saturday 21st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16441
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Arms: [a tree, in base three wells]
Obverse inscription: [CITIE] O[F WELLS IN THE]
Reverse description: C W / [1]657
Reverse inscription: CO[VNTY OF SVMM]ERSET (legend starts at 5 o'clock)
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: Thornfalcom CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd |
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