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TOKEN
Unique ID: BH-F8CF70
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late 17th century copper-alloy token farthing of Benjamin Scrubie of Royston, Hertfordshire. Ref.: Williamson no. 168 (1967: Vol. 1, p. 323).
Diameter: 15mm; thickness: 0.9mm. Weight: 0.84g.
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1690
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 0.84 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/186 - 14
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: The Grocers' Arms.
Obverse inscription: BENJAMIN SCRVBIE
Reverse description: B. E. S.
Reverse inscription: IN R[OYSTON] GROCER
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Royston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 |
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