LIN-87059A: Post-medieval copper alloy token

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TOKEN

Unique ID: LIN-87059A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post-medieval copper-alloy token, issued by an overseer of the poor in the name of the Bailiff (mayor) of Peterborough.

Obverse: Peterburgh halfe penny to be changed by the towne Bailif, 16[ ]

Reverse: crossed swords with crosses in each quadrant.

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 1670
Date to: Circa AD 1670

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.74 g
Diameter: 23.58 mm

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Materials and construction

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

Numismatic data

No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Holland (District)
Parish or ward: Gosberton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF2431
Four figure Latitude: 52.86221044
Four figure longitude: -0.15956826
1:25K map: TF2431
1:10K map: TF23SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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

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