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Description: | A silver hammered coin attached to a piece of lead. The coin is cracked round the edges and half of one side is firmly attached to a sub-circular piece of lead. The coin seems to be attached by the lead corrosion that has developed. The coin is very worn and is totally illegible, but it appears to be medieval in date. The lead is bent so that it lies against the half of the coin to which it has fused, but then bends back away from the coin at a forty five degree angle. The piece of lead is larger than the coin and extends beyond the coin on the bent away side. In total, the object measures 27.9mm long, 22.8mm wide and 3.18mm thick. The piece of lead is thin and may have originally been circular but it is now damaged with the area that is attached to the coin having broken off beyond the edge of the coin. It is possible that the lead was originally a token but if there were any markings they have not survived. If that is the case the token and coin could represent the contents of a lost purse which were deposited together and then gradually fused as the lead decayed.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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