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Description: | A worn and corroded Post Medieval cast lead alloy bifaced token. Powell Type 2. The token is sub-circular in plan, One side has the initial IR with a raised dot before and after the I and also after the R and in the centre of the upper loop of the R: '.I.R.'. The second side has a long cross type pattern with a raised dot in each quarter. The dots are joined top to bottom by raised lines. There are three further raised lines, one from the bottom left hand dot, to the top of the long cross and one from the bottom right raised dot to the centre of the long cross, the third short line bisects the bottom of the long cross. The token measures 21.06 in diameter, 2.32mm thick and weighs 5.35 grams. Lead tokens of this form have a wide date range but those with initials generally date from c. 1550-1800 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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