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TOKEN
Unique ID: CAM-8812DB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy trade token dating AD1668.
Obverse shows a worn circle of small closely set pellets surrounding a totally worn centre field. However, this would have originally shown a bridge of four arches. Obverse legend reads [I]OHN.PRATT.O[F]. On the outside edge there is evidence of a worn border of close set pellets.
Reverse field shows HIS/HALF/Peny in three lines. Surrounding the field there is a circle of small closely set pellets. Reverse initial mark is a five petalled flower. Reverse legend reads STOW.BRIDGE.1668. On the outside edge there is a worn border of close set pellets.
Die axis 12 o'clock, weight is 2.09g, diameter is 19.1mm and thickness is 1.2mm
Book Ref: Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd p873, no.241.
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 1668
Date to: Circa AD 1668
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 2.09 g
Diameter: 19.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Friday 4th May 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: East Cambridgeshire District Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | p873, no.241. |
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