OXON-362ADA: Post-Medieval trade token: farthing issued by Edmund Rowbright of Chipping Norton

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TOKEN

Unique ID: OXON-362ADA

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A chipped but nearly complete Post-Medieval copper alloy trade token farthing issued by Edmund Rowbright of Chipping Norton dating to AD 1648-1672. Williamson Oxfordshire 71. (Williamson 1891, 927).

The token is slightly bent into a very shallow U-shape and is chipped around much of its circumference.

Class: Williamson Oxfordshire 71

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 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.78 mm
Weight: 0.45 g
Diameter: 14.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th February 2020 - Wednesday 4th March 2020

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: OMS receipt 2320

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: E. D . R . R above the E and the D
Obverse inscription: EDMOND . RO[WBRIG]HT
Reverse description: OF . [CHI]PPING NORTON
Reverse inscription: A lion rampant
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Stonesfield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3918
Four figure Latitude: 51.85922951
Four figure longitude: -1.43509981
1:25K map: SP3918
1:10K map: SP31NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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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Audit data

Recording Institution: OXON
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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