Small finds archaeologist and numismatics. Doing PhD at Exeter on how people used and viewed 17th century tokens. All views my own. @TokenEffort.bsky.social
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ALT Image of Muchelney Abbey in the sunshine.
ALT Circular silver coin, very worn, showing man standing facing left reaching out to drop a card marked V into a box
ALT A front view of a sandy white flagon, with the neck, handle, and very top of the body visible. The rest is broken and lost. It sits on a grey background with a black and white scale in front of it.
ALT A view of the inside of a sandy white flagon, taken from underneath where it has broken just below the shoulders of the body. A slit in the body is visible, where the handle has been pushed through from the outside. It sits on a grey background with a black and white scale in front of it.
ALT Transcription of the pictured text from PROB 11/464/408 scanned by the National Archives. ... Item I give and bequeath unto my two Daughters Mary and Elizabeth Williams my shopp and cellar and all the goods and wares therein in the parish of St Peters in Dorchester aforesaid together with the Lease thereof to hold to them and their assigns ...
ALT National Archive PROB 11/365/61
ALT Circular brown token, on one side is written Henry Forrest, around a picture of St Geroge riding left, sword raised, wyvern under the horse. On the other side is In Blandford 1663 around the initials H F. British Museum 1863,0202.15
