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TOKEN
Unique ID: PAS-8C8180
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token halfpenny issued by Thomas Norris of Aynho, Northamptonshire. Williamson (1891, 885) Northamptonshire no. 2, dating to 1648-1672.
It measures 17.7mm in diameter, 0.8mm in thickness and weighs 0.77g
Notes:
Norris was the landlord of the Cartwright Arms in Anyho in the late 17th century, then known as the Red Lion, hence the lion depicted on the token.
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 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.7 mm
Width: 16.6 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.77 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd April 2015 - Thursday 2nd April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tour find MS18
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: In three lines: HIS / HALF / PENY
Obverse inscription: THOMAS . NORRIS . IN
Reverse description: A lion rampant
Reverse inscription: AYNHO VPON THE HILL
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Middle Aston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4826
Four figure Latitude: 51.93045132
Four figure longitude: -1.30331237
1:25K map: SP4826
1:10K map: SP42NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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 | 885 | 2 |
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