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Description: | Circular cast lead token. The token has a design of a bishops hat on one side outlined by rays and a standing figure possibly holding a book and staff on the reverse also outlined with rays. While similar bishop hat images are found on the Boy Bishop tokens of East Anglia (Fletcher 2003:35) the reverse of these would normally have a cross and pellets echoing contemporary coinage. This token may therefore has some other ecclesiastical association, perhaps relating to work on a bishops land, alms token or pilgrims token.
The token is 22.0mm in diameter, 3.4mm thick and weighs 7.70grams. Lead tokens were easy to make and ones with simple designs are very had to date accurately; the double sided design and the ecclesiastical association may indicate a medieval date for this piece. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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