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TOKEN
Unique ID: BUC-202271
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Gabriell Prentice of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, dated 1664 (on token). Williamson (1967, 54) Buckinghamshire no. 143.
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 1664
Date to: Exactly AD 1664
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th August 2015
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Wendover [Halton Field] 20.8.15
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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: [GA]BRIELL . PRENTICE
Reverse description: Initials: P / G A, arranged in a triad, the P flanked by flowers
Reverse inscription: IN . WENDOV[ER . 1]664
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Wendover
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
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 | 54 | 143 |
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