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TOKEN
Unique ID: CAM-891D97
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy love-heart shaped trade token dating AD1668.
Obverse legend reads THOMAS.CHAMBERS.HIS.HALF.PENY in four lines with three five petalled flowers under. Worn close set pellets on outer edge.
Reverse legend reads OF.WEST.DEEPING.1668 in three lines. A five petalled rose under the date. Worn close set pellets on outer edge.
Die axis 12 o'clock, weight 1.54g, width 19.2mm, length 19.8mm and thickness 1.0mm.
Book Ref: Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd p446, no.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 1668
Date to: Circa AD 1668
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.8 mm
Width: 19.2 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.54 g
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
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Type: Not further defined
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Legend in four lines with three five petalled flowers under. Worn close set pellets on outer edge.
Obverse inscription: THOMAS.CHAMBERS.HIS.HALF.PENY
Reverse description: Legend in three lines. A five petalled rose under the date.
Reverse inscription: OF.WEST.DEEPING.1668
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
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 | p.446, no.66 |
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