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Unique ID: IOW-D86EDD
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing issued by Thomas Junninge at Newport, Isle of Wight and dated 1654 on token. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (265, ref: 106).
Obverse: THOMAS•IVNNINGE; Pot of lilies
Reverse: OF•NEWPORT•1654; T I in field
Diameter: 15.0mm. Weight: 0.80g. DA=12:6.
Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd.
Class: Trade token
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1654
Date to: Exactly AD 1654
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th May 2016 - Sunday 29th May 2016
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Other reference: IOW2016-7-151
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Pot of lilies
Obverse inscription: THOMAS•IVNNINGE
Reverse description: T I in field
Reverse inscription: OF•NEWPORT•1654
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 265, ref: 106 |