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Description: | A complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy uni-faced lead token. One face is decorated with a central long cross with a single pellet located approximately in the centre of each quadrant. The other face of the token is blank. There is a small lip on the peripherary of the flan which is probably the remains of a casting sprue. Leaden tokens are believed to have fulfilled a variety of fuctions, such as providing small change in the community and acting as tallies for services provided. The earliest types are thought to have served an ecclesiastical purpose. Lead and its alloys are very easy to work and often locally produced; therefore they are difficult to date and tokens with simple designs had considerable longevity and could date from c. 1250-1800 AD. Powell type 14
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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