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TOKEN

Unique ID: BUC-E9951C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy post medieval token of Joseph Seayre, a linen draper, of Leighton Buzzard, dating to 1663. Williamson 1889, page 11, number 66.

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 1663
Date to: Circa AD 1663

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd February 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4831

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: 1663
Obverse inscription: IOSEPH.SEAYRE.LINEN
Reverse description: S I M
Reverse inscription: DRAPER.IN.LEIGHTON
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Ivinghoe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9517
Four figure Latitude: 51.84352991
Four figure longitude: -0.62239665
1:25K map: SP9517
1:10K map: SP91NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date find submitted for recording
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	page 11,	number 66

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Recording Institution: BUC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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