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1 Farthing Somerset, Bath
| Issuer | City of Bath |
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| Year | 1670 |
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| In circulation to | 1672 |
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| Obverse description | Within an inner beaded circle, the conjoined initials C·B (an abbreviation for Civitas Bathoniae, the Latin name for the City of Bath) are displayed prominently in the central field, with the date 1670 inscribed below. The surrounding legend is separated from the central device by the beaded border, lending the piece a formal civic character typical of seventeenth-century English municipal trade tokens. |
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| Obverse lettering | A BATHE FARTHINGE |
| Reverse description | Within an inner beaded circle, the civic arms of Bath are depicted: a shield charged with a city wall surmounted by battlements and bearing a sword, representing the heraldic device of the city. The design is rendered in a bold, simplified style consistent with the die-engraving conventions of mid-to-late seventeenth-century English trade tokens. The surrounding inscription runs along the outer margin, identifying the device as the arms of Bath. |
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