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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUR-96635D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A trader's token issued by Henry Knighton of Lambourn in Berkshire in 1652. Williamson, Berks no.41.
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 1652
Date to: Circa AD 1652
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 15.42 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B15-792
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: Crown
Obverse inscription: HENRY KNIGHTON IN
Reverse description: HCK
Reverse inscription: LAMBORNE 1652
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Lambourn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.51801992
Four figure longitude: -1.54021278
1:25K map: SU3280
1:10K map: SU38SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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