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Description: | 16th - 18th Century. Lead alloy, crudely cast, medium - large size, uniface token. Length 23.9mm, Width 19.4mm, Thickness 2.5mm, Diameter 23.9mm, Weight 5g. Criss-cross, hatch or portculis design. This design can be seen on the Arms of the Waterman's Guild or these designs can be agricultural tallies given to farm labourers for ploughing and/or harrowing work. Attractive dark grey patina but either broken or mis-cast with a quarter missing. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 56-57 no. 19 & 36 and Leaden Tokens and Tallies Roman to Victorian, Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2005, page 65. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burr, Geoff - West Kent Metal Detector Club | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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