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TOKEN
Unique ID: DOR-32BB6D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy 17th century token farthing issued by Henry Brayne of Beaminster dated 1657 (on token)
Reference: Williamson (1891, 170) Dorset no.3
Date: Post Medieval.
Diameter: 15.34mm.
Thickness: 0.69mm.
Weight: 0.67g
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 1657
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.69 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 15.34 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th October 2018
Rally details.
This object was found at Piddletrenthide October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: FRS 82
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: The Mercers' Arms
Obverse inscription: [HENRY . BRAYNE]
Reverse description: Initials H . B
Reverse inscription: OF . BE[MESTER . 1657]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Piddletrenthide (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY7099
Four figure Latitude: 50.78978575
Four figure longitude: -2.42697042
1:25K map: SY7099
1:10K map: SY79NW
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 | Pg.61 | no.3 (Dorset) |
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