Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-C5E731
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy traders token farthing probably issued by the City of Bristol and dating from AD 1652 to 1670; probably Williamson (1891:241), Gloucestershire 12 to 20.
There is a hole through the token near the edge between 12 and 1 o'clock. This appears to be damage rather than deliberate.
Notes:
Obverse description: C B /[...]
Obverse inscription: [ A B]RISTO[LL FARTHING]
Reverse description: (A ship issuing left from a Castle to right)
Reverse inscription: [THE . ARMES . OF . BRISTOLL]
Die axis measurement: Uncertain
This item was recorded at a rally so the record details and photograph may fall below ur usual standards.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1652
Date to: Exactly AD 1670
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.45 g
Diameter: 21.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th September 2016 - Saturday 24th September 2016
This object was found at Westbury-sub-Mendip Sep 2016
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: C B /[...]
Obverse inscription: [ A B]RISTO[LL FARTHING]
Reverse description: Unclear
Reverse inscription: [THE . ARMES . OF . BRISTOLL]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
4 Figure: ST5048
Four figure Latitude: 51.22898632
Four figure longitude: -2.71745516
1:25K map: ST5048
1:10K map: ST54NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
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 |