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Unique ID: WMID-7794B6
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A post medieval octagonal copper alloy 17th Century trade token halfpenny issued by Zachariah Lightwood at Yoxall in Staffordshire. Williamson Staffordshire 103, dating to 1671. Ref: Williamson, 1891, 1060).
Diameter: 18.6 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Class: Williamson Staffordshire 103
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1671
Date to: Circa AD 1671
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 18.6 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st July 2019 - Sunday 21st July 2019
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: The Ironmonger's arms
Obverse inscription: ZACHARIAH.LIGHTWOOD
Reverse description: Initials L over Z . K. arranged in a triad. Rose between each letter
Reverse inscription: OF. YOXALL. 1671
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: SJ7613
Four figure Latitude: 52.71412111
Four figure longitude: -2.35670542
1:25K map: SJ7613
1:10K map: SJ71SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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