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Unique ID: CORN-89325C
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy trade farthing token issued by Richard Groves of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The obverse shows the figure of a wild man holding a tall staff in the right hand surrounded by foliage (Williamson describes this as a wild man in a grove) with the name RICHARD GROVES and date of 1665, which is very worn, around the edge. The reverse inscription should read OF.CHIPPING.NORTON (illegible) around the letters G. / R.E. in two lines which can just be made out. The date given by Williamson for his example is 1659 (Williamson Vol II, via Seaby 1967, p.927, no.68) but another example on the database is dated to 1663 recorded in BERK-020AC0.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1665
Date to: Exactly AD 1665
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th September 2018 - Sunday 16th September 2018
This object was found at Detectival 2018
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Wild man in a wood
Obverse inscription: RICHARD GROVES 1665
Reverse description: G / R.E.
Reverse inscription: [OF.CHIPPING.NORTON]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: SP3017
Four figure Latitude: 51.85079344
Four figure longitude: -1.5658675
1:25K map: SP3017
1:10K map: SP31NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | p.927 | no.68 |