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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing from Ratclife Cross dating AD1667. The obverse is very worn but would have depicted the merchant taylor's arms (a pavillion surmounted by two coats of ermine with a lion's head in the centre). The inscription reads PHILLIP.BVRGES.1667 and has a mullet initial mark. The reverse depicts the letters P. A. B in pyramid formation with pellets either side of the B and beneath the P and A. The inscription reads AT.RATCLIFE.CROSS. with a mullet initial mark.There is a parallel in Williamson (1967, no. 2326).Dimensions: diameter: 14.65 mm; weight: 0.54g.Reference: Williamson, G. 1967. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Volume 2. London - Southwark. Seabys: London.
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