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Description: | Cast lead or lead alloy gaming piece of unknown date, but probable later medieval or post medieval origin. The gaming piece is broadly cylindrical in shape tapering from the head to the base. It is decorated with three faces / face like masks; these are realised in three dimensions. Each face is made up of elements of the next therefore there are three noses and three eyes on the piece forming three faces. Each face is similar to the next and they are relatively crude in construction. The elements are all cast and the eyebrows and nose are cats as one large V shape with curled axis. The mouth is shown as a large wedge, and the eye as an oval shaped pellet. The base is relatively narrow but is flat which enables the piece to stand vertically.The gaming piece measures 19.6mm high, has a diameter of 11.3mm at the head and 8.8mm at the base. It weighs 13.33 grams. The gaming piece is a mid yellow grey colour with an even but much abraded surface. The surface has also suffered from a laminating corrosion which has been aided by abrasion in the soil. This has removed most of the detail from the piece. A direct parallel has not been found but it is likely to date from the later medieval or post medieval periods 1350-1700.
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