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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-6968F8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by William Browne of Shepton Mallet in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 208, dating to AD 1648 to 1672. Ref: Williamson (1891, 985).
Class: Williamson Somerset 208
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 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.77 g
Diameter: 14.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2018 - Thursday 17th January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017853
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A merchants mark, a 4 with elongated tail with B to the right of the tail and two X conjoined below
Obverse inscription: WILL . B[ROW]NE . HOSIER
Reverse description: W . B with quatrefoils flanked by pellets above and below
Reverse inscription: IN . S[HIPTO]N . MALLETT
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)
To be known as: Bruton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 |
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