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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-4ED12B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy 19th century token issued by Temlett and Clarke in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, Davies 125, Somerset 7,dating to AD 1811-1815. Ref: Bell (1964, 49-50)
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 1811
Date to: Circa AD 1815
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 21.41 g
Diameter: 34.99 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 018251
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: Commerce seated left on beehive, olive branch in extended right arm, transverse spear in left, cow behind
Obverse inscription: ONE PENNY TOKEN. WIVELISCOMBE
Reverse description: FOR / 240 / TOKENS / BY
Reverse inscription: A POUND NOTE GIVEN / W . TEMLETT & J. CLARKE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Mid Devon (District)
To be known as: Halberton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell, R. C. | 1964 | Copper commercial coins, 1811-1819 | Newcastle upon Tyme | Corbitt and Hunter |
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