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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-054B08
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy trade token farthing issued by Elias Martin of Ruishton (Reston) in Somerset, dated 1671 on token, Williamson vol.I, p.168, Lincolnshire 208
Recently reattributed to Somerset based on the findspots of examples recorded by PAS and historical records of the issuer (Minnitt forthcoming).
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 1671
Date to: Exactly AD 1671
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017639
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: . HIS . / TOKEN / .*. in three lines
Obverse inscription: [ELIAS . MARTIN]
Reverse description: M over E H, large pellet stops
Reverse inscription: [OF . R]ASTON . [1671]
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Ilminster (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3614
Four figure Latitude: 50.92189214
Four figure longitude: -2.91190064
1:25K map: ST3614
1:10K map: ST31SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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