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Description: | Cast lead sub-circular unifaced token. The token has a raised design of a capital M or W on one side. The reverse is blank. There are three casting sprues of different lenghs running out at right angles from the sides of the token, all end in old breaks and the longest is 6.7mm; all are D shaped in section with flat back.a third of the token (with perhaps the fourth sprue) has been cut away or mis-cast, the break is patinated like the rest of the token. The token is 17.8mm in diameter by 11.8mm wide exluding the sprue, 18.8mm by 25.4mm including; it is 2.7mm thick and weighs 4.98 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to date c.1500-1850 AD.
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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