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Unique ID: WILT-4B17FC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval 17th century trader's token farthing, issued by Stephen Brassier of Wilton, dating to AD 1667. Williamson Wiltshire 268. Williamson (1967: 1250), no. 268.
Class: Williamson Wiltshire 268
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 1667
Date to: Exactly AD 1667
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.74 g
Diameter: 17.67 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5553
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: S H B in the centre of the legend.
Obverse inscription: [STEPHEN BRAS]SIER 16[67]
Reverse description: HIS HALF PENY in the centre of the legend.
Reverse inscription: WILTON IN WILTSHEERE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broad Chalke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0324
Four figure Latitude: 51.01537053
Four figure longitude: -1.95860828
1:25K map: SU0324
1:10K map: SU02SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | p1250 | 268 |
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