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Description: | An incomplete lead disc, probably a token, of Post-Medieval date. Nearly half of the disc survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The letters 'R.D' are embossed onto the bottom of the exterior surface. On the reverse a fragment of the disc is folded over and has been pressed or compacted against the back of the disc resulting in a small area of visible cross-hatched decoration. The disc measures 17.38mm in surviving length, 14.23mm in surviving width, 1.25mm in thickness, and weighs 1.69g. The use of initials on one one face of thin lead tokens is noted amongst Post-Medieval finds of 17th century date onwards (see for example Egan, 2005: pp. 170). The lack of any apparent connecting strip or central lead rivet in this example probably indicates that it was a token rather than part of a lead cloth seal. Parallels from London and elsewhere (Margeson, 1993: pp. 210) suggest a date in the 17th to 18th centuries AD for this example.
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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