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Description: | Probable lead token of late Medieval date. The object bears strong similarities to a token illustrated in Fletcher (2005, p.40), which is suggested to be of 15th century date and is one of a series from this period that appear to have been strongly influenced by contemporary coin designs. The illustrated example is decorated with a cross formed from two sets of parallel lines, with a single pellet in each quadrant, echoing, albeit simply, the long-cross coinage of this period. This particular example, however, is much more crudely executed, with a set of off-centre parallel lines crossed at one end by a single line and with a pellet only in one quadrant (with perhaps a slight one in the quadrant adjacent to it). However, the similarities are enough to suggest that this is probably a token of a similar, though cruder, type. The reverse of the object is undecorated with a raised circular section in the centre - probably the remains of poor casting. Fletcher (ibid. p.37) suggests that they fact that these tokens were imitating coins suggest that they probably had a number of commercial uses in place of official small change. Diameter: 34.49mm, Thickness: 8.14mm, Weight: 47.18g
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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