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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing from Tower Street dated AD1648. The obverse depicts the bust of King James I. The inscription reads AT.THE.KINGS.HEAD. There is a mullet initial mark beginning the text. The reverse contains the letters S. P. M in pyramid formation with a pellet either side of the S and between the P and M. The inscription reads IN.TOWR.STREET.1648. There is a mullet initial mark ending the text.A parallel can be found in Williamson (1967, no. 3220).Dimensions: diameter: 15.24 mm; weight: 0.71g.Reference: Williamson, G. 1967. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Volume 2. London - Southwark. Seabys: London.
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