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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-D590AE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy post medieval token farthing for the poor, issued by the town of Southwold in 1667.
OBV: THE. ARMES. OF. SOVTHWOLD - Two arrows in saltire enfiled with a ducal coronet, a dolphin in chief, another in base. E. S.
REV:1/2. FOR. THE. POORES. ADVANTAGE. 1667 (in five lines).
Williamson 1967, 1098, no.294
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 1667
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 1.54 g
Diameter: 20.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 073
Other reference: CF 17-044
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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