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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-54ADFB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the Portreeve of Yeovil in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 326, dating to 1668 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 995).
The token is pierced centrally by a square hole, probably made by a nail hammered through from the obverse. Possibly to cancel it.
Class:
Williamson Somerset 326
Evidence of reuse: Pierced
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 1668
Date to: Exactly AD 1668
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 19.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Monday 7th January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017844
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: 1668 with 3 flowers above and below, central flowers larger than those flanking.
Obverse inscription: MADE . BY . THE . PORTREEVE . OF
Reverse description: E R under double arched crown
Reverse inscription: THE . BORROVGH . OF . YEOVILL
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Milborne Port 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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