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Unique ID: SOM-15DD98
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing issued by William Daniell at Yeovil in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 334, dated 1653 on the token. Ref: Williamson (1891:995).
Class: Williamson Somerset 334
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1653
Date to: Exactly AD 1653
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.27 g
Diameter: 15.34 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th December 2018 - Monday 4th March 2019
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Other reference: SCC receipt 018336
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Three cloves
Obverse inscription: [WIL]LIAM . DAN[IELL
Reverse description: D over W . M arranged in a triad.
Reverse inscription: IN . YEAVILL . [1653]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 995 | 334 |