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Description: | A uniface lead token, probably dating from the Post-Medieval period. The token has been cast in a sub-circular shape, and has relief cast decoration of a pellet-ended cross with a wedge in each angle. A cross has been scratched into the reverse.According to Gordon Bailey ('Finds Identified', pp.10-14), the majority of cast lead tokens date from the 17th and 18th Centuries, and they are associated with rural areas. Their exact function is uncertain; they may have been used as gambling tokens, as a form of low denomination currency when small change was in short supply, or as a form of payment for casual agricultural workers.This token has an off-white patina across the surface. Two of the pellets on the cross terminals have been recently chipped, showing bare unpatinated metal.
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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