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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-237539
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by Isack Williams in Sherborne in 1658. Williamson (1891:193) Dorset 182.
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 1658
Date to: Exactly AD 1658
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.54 g
Diameter: 14.95 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Thursday 26th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Receipt no. 019984
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A mortar and pestle
Obverse inscription: ISACK . WIL[LI]AMS
Reverse inscription: AT . SHERBORNE [16]58 = I.W.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
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 | 193 | 182 |
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