Post-Medieval — 1648-1673
The Gunn
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Gun (a cannon), in Ratcliffe Highway (now The Highway), Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2369; Obv inscription: AT.THE.GVNN.IN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A cannon mounted on a carriage (in field); Rev inscription: RATLIFE.HIGH.WAY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = W.A.T. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
See also, 96.66/927, in the museum collection, and token numbers 8376a and 8376b in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 62, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VIII - Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. Ratcliffe Highway (now The Highway), lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, having formerly been part of Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN18139
- Object name:
- The Gunn
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- W.T.
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- Related events:
- Related places:
Middlesex; Ratcliffe Highway (The Highway), Tower Hamlets, London [Tower Hamlets], Tower Hamlets
- Production date:
- 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 0.86 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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