Rights Holder: Bristol City Council
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Unique ID: GLO-47C4DE
Object type certainty: Certain
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~~Copper alloy Bristol token Date: 1662 Obverse: C B / 1662 A BRISTOLL FARTHING Reverse: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort Reverse THE ARM[ES OF BR]ISTOLL
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1662
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.99 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2016 - Wednesday 1st February 2017
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: C B / 1662
Obverse inscription: A BRISTOLL FARTHING
Reverse description: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort Reverse
Reverse inscription: THE ARM[ES OF BR]ISTOLL
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
4 Figure: ST7581
Four figure Latitude: 51.52735276
Four figure longitude: -2.36176321
1:25K map: ST7581
1:10K map: ST78SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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