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Unique ID: WILT-EAF6D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post medieval copper alloy farthing traders' token issued by the City of Bristol and dated AD 1652. Obverse legend A BRISTOLL FARTHING depicting a circular border with CB (for Civitas Bristol) above 1652 and beneath that a small R (the initial of Rawlins the engraver). Reverse legend THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL depicting within a circular border a port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort (Bristol's coat-of-arms). Cf Williamson G C (1889), Boyne's Trade Tokens, Vol 1 Elliot Stock, London (later B A Seaby edition 1967) - see Gloucestershire, p 241, No.12.
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 1652
Date to: Exactly AD 1652
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.34 g
Diameter: 21.1 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM E2015-58
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort within a circle.
Obverse inscription: [T]HE ARMES OF BRISTOLL
Reverse description: A circle containing CB and beneath that 1652 and under that a small R,
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Westbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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