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Description: | A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing, possibly of Arthur Legg of Newport, Isle of Wight, date illegible on token but probably 1656.Obverse: [ARTHER.LEGG.1656.]; The Grocers' ArmsReverse: [OF NEWPORT]; [A I/L] (in field)Diameter: 15.5mm. Weight: 0.52g. DA=12:12.Arthur Legg of Newport High Street, was Constable of the Corporation in 1647, was a member of the Corporation in 1656 and Mayor in 1663. He was imprisoned in Sandown Fort by Lord Culpepper for 'reflecting' on the King (Champion u.d. 48, ref. 109).Champion, A. F. Trade Tokens of the Isle of Wight. Privately Published.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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