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Description: | Cast lead alloy token, probably medieval or early post medieval 14th-18th century. Circular disc; one side has moulded raised decoration of a seven-spoked wheel with an inner circle and outer border; the other side is undecorated. Mid grey patina. Diameter 19.50mm, thickness 2.7mm, weight 5.49g.Fletcher 2005 ("Leaden Tokkens & Tallies", Greenlight) publishes similar tokens with wheel-like designs (p.76) and suggests they may depict waterwheels and be tallies or receipts given out by mills as receipts for sacks of corn etc.
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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