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TOKEN

Unique ID: WILT-321B9B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post-medieval copper alloy farthing traders' token issued by the City of Bristol and dating to the period AD c. 1652-1670. Obverse legend A BRISTOLL FARTHING depicting a circular border with CB (for Civitas Bristol) above. 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: Circa AD 1652
Date to: Circa AD 1670

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.24 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: WHM 2016-74

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: CB within a circle
Obverse inscription: A BRISTOLL FARTHING
Reverse description: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort.
Reverse inscription: THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tilshead (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0348
Four figure Latitude: 51.23117957
Four figure longitude: -1.95841621
1:25K map: SU0348
1:10K map: SU04NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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