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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-6E0D84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy 'Condor' token halfpenny issued at Portsea in Hampshire in 1794. Dalton and Hamer type 73/68. Dalton and Hamer (1977:48).
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 1794
Date to: Circa AD 1794
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 17718
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Arms of Portsea in a shield with a crest of an arm holding a javlin, javlin points to first limb of A
Obverse inscription: PORTSEA HALFPENNY
Reverse description: A ship sailing with lantern at stern and sprigs of leaves below
Reverse inscription: None
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Cann (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8821
Four figure Latitude: 50.98827356
Four figure longitude: -2.17233996
1:25K map: ST8821
1:10K map: ST82SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton, R. and Hamer, S.H. | 1977 | The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century | Lawrence | Quarterman Publications |
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