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Description: | Seven cast lead tokens. Each one carries a design on one or both faces. Two carry a uni-face cross-hatched design (D.19.03, 3.3g; D.18.05, 1.7g). One larger token carries a uni-face design showing a central cross with angles in the angles (D.23.48, 10.4g). One carries an uniface openwork flower design (D.16.78, 3.9g). One carries a cross with a pellet in each angle on one side with a lines & pellet design on the reverse (D.20.60, 10.2g). One carries a uni-face design also of lines and pellets (D.23.02, 3.6g) 7 the final one carries a design on both faces, the front showing the initials DD with pellets below and an illegible figurative design on the reverse (D.17.09, 4.5g).The exact fuction of such tokens is unknown but suggestions include that they were used as pseudo-money, coupons or tickets for use in economic transactions, especially perhaps in a local market situation. Other suggestions include there use as gaming pieces or weights.Due to a lack of excavated examples they can only be loosely dated to c.1400-1700 AD.
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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