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Unique ID: FAJN-AC9842
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
A copper-alloy farthing token of John Hodgshens of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; Williamson 98 (Oxfordshire).
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 1679
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.09 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A pair of shears
Obverse inscription: IOHN.HODGSHENS
Reverse description: H I.K in two lines (H above I.K.)
Reverse inscription: IN.HENLEY.ON.THAMES
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
4 Figure: SU7582
Four figure Latitude: 51.5319359
Four figure longitude: -0.92016144
1:25K map: SU7582
1:10K map: SU78SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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