LON-E71044: A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token dating from AD1650. Williamson (1889:784 no.3294)

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Unique ID: LON-E71044

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A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token dating from AD1650. Williamson (1889:784 no.3294)

Obverse: AT . THE . 3 . SVGER . LOAES = Three sugar loafes

Reverse: IN . WAPPING .1650 = T . E . DRY

Demensions: diameter: 15.05mm, weight: 0.69g.

Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.

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 1650
Date to: Exactly AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.69 g
Diameter: 15.05 mm

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Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Three sugar loafes
Obverse inscription: AT . THE . 3 . SVGER . LOAES
Reverse description: T . E . DRY in field
Reverse inscription: IN . WAPPING .1650
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
Parish or ward: St. Katharine's and Wapping (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3480
Four figure Latitude: 51.50305749
Four figure longitude: -0.07075664
1:25K map: TQ3480
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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