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Description: | 16th-18th Century. Lead alloy, cast, medium size, biface token. Length 20.6mm, Width 19.8mm, Thickness 1.8mm, Diameter 20.6mm, Weight 3.2g. Circular, flat, lead token. Obverse: Square chequered field (multi-lined) or cross hatch design. Reverse: Central short cross design with plain border. It is possible this type of cross hatched token was given to farm labourers to record the amount of ploughing or harrowing they had completed? Little wear with pale grey patina and patches of darker colouration. Ref. Leaden Tokens and Tallies Roman to Victorian, Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2005, pages 65, 101, 105, 110, Tokens and Tallies Through The Ages, Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2003, page 30 and Finds Identified, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2000, page 13 fig. 13.
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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