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Description: | A lead token dating to the Post-Medieval period 1500 - 1850AD. The token is flat, broadly circular and double faced. Both sides of the token are decorated in raised relief. On the obverse is a rough shield with a cross and five raised pellets to the top left with possibly the remains of a further three raised pellets to the top right. On the obverse is lettering which probably relates to the initials of the token producer possibly JB with what appears to be IG underneath. The length is 22mm and the width 20mm. Similar on the database to BERK-B5C504. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to date c. 1500-1850. Until recently cross and pellet designs were thought to be contemporary with the similar Medieval coin designs; however publication of moulds and double-faced tokens which combine Post Medieval initial style designs with cross and pellets suggest they continue into the Post-Medieval period.
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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