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Description: | Medieval to early Post Medieval cast lead bi-faced token. On one side is the raised design of a square divided into a grid of 16 squares, each alternate square is shaded in with a tighter grid of lines giving the impression of a checkered cloth. On the other side is a raised design of a triangle with a circle on the centre of the top line, possible representing a shield or pendant, decorated with three chevrons. It is 18.3mm in diameter, 0.9mm thick and weighs 2.60 grams.Both designs are potentially heraldic (three chevrons in various colours were used by several families) but the chequered side could also represent the chequered cloth used to keep accounts with jettons. Lead tokens were in common use from c.1250-1850 but the combination of designs suggests a possible Medieval to Early Post Medieval date, c.1250-1600 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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