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Description: | A uniface cast leaden token of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The token is circular in plan. One face shows a raised seemingly random design of crossed straight lines and pellets, whilst the other side is plain. Lead alloy tokens such as this were used for a variety of purposes. These ranged from small change, to checks and tallies for services rendered such as hop picking. They were in use from the Medieval period into late Post-Medieval. A number of designs exist that were produced centrally and circulated nationally, but since lead is so easy to fabricate many were made by local artisans and were used in more provincial and rural communities. Accordingly there is considerably variation in their design and quality and generally only wide date ranges can be assigned. However, some producers typically in the 17th century did include dates as part of the design. The Powell classification system, in which there are over 30 categories, attempts to classify these leaden tokens according to the designs on each face, but it does not assign any dating information to the design typology. The suggested date range for this example is circa1400-1750 AD but it is in all probability more towards the Post Medieval end of this date range.
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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