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TOKEN
Unique ID: LEIC-D5ECCB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy token halfpenny, 14mm in diameter and with a weight of 0.57grams. Issued by James Jarman? of Ramsey, 1663.
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 1663
Date to: Exactly AD 1663
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.57 g
Diameter: 14 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: two capital I's flanking a vertical row of three flower motifs. Star stop in inscription
Obverse inscription: IN RAMSEY 1663
Reverse description: Large downwards pointing Arrow. Star stop in inscription
Reverse inscription: IAMES T? J? ARMAN
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Huntingdonshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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