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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-45962C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the town of Dorchester in Dorset, Williamson Dorset 53, dating to 1669 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 177).
Class: Williamson Dorset 53
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 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 17614
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: H . D / 1669, flower between H D and three above
Obverse inscription: A . DORCHESTER . FARTHING
Reverse description: On a castle of five towers the royal arms
Reverse inscription: THE . ARMES . OF . DORCHESTER
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: West Camel (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST5625
Four figure Latitude: 51.02267725
Four figure longitude: -2.62871729
1:25K map: ST5625
1:10K map: ST52NE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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