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Unique ID: BERK-8011D3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Thomas Mathewes at the Bear, Burford, Oxfordshire. Williamson (1967, 925) Oxfordshire no. 48, dating to 1648-1672.
This token has been squashed, and is distended to one side. It measures 18.27 mm in length, 14.63 mm in width and weighs 0.6 g
Notes:
Rally Record 45
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.27 mm
Width: 14.63 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th September 2016
This object was found at XP Rally Milton-under-Wychwood 2016
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A bear with a chain
Obverse inscription: THO[MAS MAT]HEW[ES] . AT, star initial mark
Reverse description: Initials: M / T [E], arranged in a triad
Reverse inscription: TH[E BEARE IN BVRFORD]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
4 Figure: SP2616
Four figure Latitude: 51.84200253
Four figure longitude: -1.62401256
1:25K map: SP2616
1:10K map: SP21NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 925 | 48 |