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Description: | Lead, or lead alloy, cast token (two-sided). Crudely made and probably cast. Obv: Pictorial design of stickman with exaggerated hands. Rev: Pictorial design of an eight-legged animal with split tail. Probably a scorpion. Diameter 24-25mm, thickness 2.5mm, weight 8.7g. Cast in bivalve mould. Lead tokens in various forms were used for a multitude of functions and circulated from the medieval period to the 19th century. Although a fairly common detector find, little is known about the date, place of issue and circulation of tokens. Possibly: trade tokens, counters, tavern tokens, gaming pieces. Tokens with similar pictorial/animal motifs have been dated to the seventeenth century (i.e. Mitchiner and Skinner 1984, 131, nos. 164-168, pl.19) and such a date would probably not be inappropriate for this example. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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