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TOKEN
Unique ID: WMID-1504C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Rally ID: 188a
A complete copper alloy trade token, of uncertain issuer, but probably of the Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1600 - c. AD 1700. The obverse depicts possibly E W P in the field, the legend is mostly illegible apart from the last four letters which read [ ]STON[ ]. The reverse is too worn to recognise, the legend is also illegible apart from the first letter which reads H[ ]. Issuer: Uncertain. Mint: Uncertain.
Diameter: 16.16 mm
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 16.16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd March 2014 - Sunday 23rd March 2014
Rally details.
This object was found at Shipston-on-Stour Rally 23rd March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally ID: 188a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: E [W] P in field (possibly)
Obverse inscription: [ ]STON[ ]
Reverse description: Too worn to decipher detail
Reverse inscription: H[ ]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Shipston on Stour (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2439
Four figure Latitude: 52.04887575
Four figure longitude: -1.65144414
1:25K map: SP2439
1:10K map: SP23NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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