Rights Holder: Hampshire Cultural Trust
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
TOKEN
Unique ID: HAMP-F490E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper alloy seventeenth century trade farthing token issued by Luke Nourse as Mayor of Gloucester and dating to 1657 on the obverse.
Reference: Williamson, Gloucestershire 77-78
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1657
Date to: Circa AD 1657
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.1 g
Diameter: 21.6 mm
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 649
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: CG with curvilinear decoration above and below.
Obverse inscription: (star)LVKE(rosette)NOVR[SE]MAIOR(rosette)165[7]
Reverse description: [Arms of the City of Gloucester; three chevrons between ten torteaux]
Reverse inscription: [F]OR.NECES[S]ARY.CHANGE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Winchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | Gloucestershire 77 or 78 |
Similar objects
Find number: SOM-60B924
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A Post Medieval copper alloy seventeenth century trade token farthing issued by Luke Nourse as Mayor of Gloucester dating to AD 1657 on token…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SOM-D6AF43
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by the City of Gloucester in 1657 under Mayor Luke Nourse, Williamson p.245 Gloucester 77
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: WAW-A70163
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by the City of Gloucester in 1657 under Mayor Luke Nourse, Williamson p.245 Gloucester 77
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618