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Description: | A cast lead (alloy?) disc shaped object which may be a weight, token or gaming piece. The front of the object features a concentric rib within the disc, and a raised border around the circumference. The inner rib stands in slight relief of the border when the object is viewed in profile. There is a raised pellet in the centre of the front of the disc, and two "Y" shaped designs with internal pellets, also raised, joining the inner rib with the central pellet. There is also a further rib, in low relief, between the inner rib and the border. The reverse of the disc is plain, although the border is in slight relief. The disc has a circumference of 35.1mm, a maximum thickness of 4.9mm, and it weighs 28.26g (1 oz).The surface of the piece has a light to dark brown colouring. The object has some damage to the raised border and inner rib. The object has similarities with the flat weights decorated with concentric circles illustrated in "Lead Weights" by Biggs and Withers (2000), and its mass may support this application (i.e. 1 oz). Lead tokens from the medieval and post medieval period are extensively discussed in Mitchiner and Skinner 1983 and 1984, and their possible purpose as workers tallys (e.g. tallying of bushels or perhaps the scoring of where a picker left at the end of a session) are highlighted in D M Powell (2004). The object also has some similarities with database object LEIC-067CD6, recorded as a token or gaming piece. The possible applications above would suggest a medieval or more likely post medieval date for this object.
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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