SOM-0A515C: Post-medieval traders token: halfpenny issued by Matthew Gaylard of Taunton

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Unique ID: SOM-0A515C

Object type certainty: Certain
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Post-medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by Matthew Gaylard of Taunton, dated 1666 on token; Williamson (1891:988), Somerset 251.

Notes:

Obverse description: A hand holding a woolcomb with long teeth between [1]66[6]
Obverse inscription: MATTHEW GAYLARD
Reverse description: G over M A with flowers flanking the G and between the M A
Reverse inscription: [OF] TAVN[TON 1]666
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock

Class: Williamson Somerset 251

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 1666
Date to: Exactly AD 1666

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.38 g
Diameter: 15.4 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: A hand holding a woolcomb with long teeth between [1]66[6]
Obverse inscription: [M]AT[THEW] GAYL[ARD]
Reverse description: G over M A with flowers flanking the G and between the M A
Reverse inscription: [OF] TAVN[TON 1]666
Die axis measurement: 6 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.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Boyne, W. and Williamson, G.C. 1889 Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland London

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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