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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-5C1F37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing issued by H. D. at Dorchester in Dorset , Williamson Dorset 53-55, dated 1669 on the token. Ref: Williamson (1889:177)
Williamson states that the initials H.D. may be intended, as Boyne says, for Alexander Haviland who was Mayor of Dorchester in 1669 when the token was issued.
Class: Williamson Dorset 53-55
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 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.88 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th March 2019 - Monday 17th June 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt 018013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton/ token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: H.D. 1669
Obverse inscription: A. DORCHESTER . FARTHING
Reverse description: Castle of five towers, the Royal Arms, a rose on each of the front towers.
Reverse inscription: THE . ARMES . OF . DORCHESTER
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Cerne Abbas CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 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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