Record ID: IOW-21E925
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and slightly corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing issued by Alexander Carter of Portsmouth, 1648-1672. Williamson 1889: 267, ref: 139. Obverse: *ALEXANDER . CARTER .; A pair of scales and a wheatsheaf Reverse: * IN . PORTSMOVTH; * C *//A . K Diameter: 15.7mm. Weight: 0.69g. DA=12:6. Other similar tokens issued by Alexander Carter have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: HAMP-47E5B5 and HAMP-9C06E0. Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century (2 volumes).
Created on: Saturday 1st March 2014
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.