GLO-BE5393: GLO-BE5393 Post Medieval Bristol Token

Rights Holder: Bristol City Council
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TOKEN

Unique ID: GLO-BE5393

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy square Bristol Token Farthing Obverse: CB held within a circular border. Reverse: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort (Bristol's coat-of-arms) held within a circular border.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1578
Date to: Circa AD 1603

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 3.94 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 2012 - Wednesday 31st December 2014

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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 farthing
Obverse description: CB held within a circular border.
Reverse description: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort (Bristol's coat-of-arms) held within a circular border.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Keynsham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST6468
Four figure Latitude: 51.40987151
Four figure longitude: -2.51899165
1:25K map: ST6468
1:10K map: ST66NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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