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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-BD7F48
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Thomas Allen at the Saracen's Head, Wye in Kent, Williamson Kent 582, dating to 1648-1672. Ref.: Williamson (1889, 388)
Diameter: 15.03 mm; thickness: 0.53 mm weight: 0.6 g
Class: Williamson Kent 582
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.53 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 15.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A portrait of a Saracen's head
Obverse inscription: THOMAS . ALLEN AT . THE, five-pointed star initial mark
Reverse description: Initials A // T . R, arranged in a triad
Reverse inscription: SARASANS HEAD . IN . WIE
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 388 | 582 |
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