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Description: | A cast lead unidentified object of uncertain date. The artefact is broadly circular in plan and irregular in cross section (10.25mm thick (max) 4.65mm thick (min)). The front face has an impression of the reverse of a coin depicting a female figure seated left right arm outstretched holding something (at this point the lead is pitted), it appears that a transverse spear is located along her body and the tip is visible just behind the head. The lead is folded but it appears that there is a shield below the female figure. The remainder of the folds are not part of the depiction the coin but instead were formed when the impression was made. The reverse is irregular.The diameter of the coin appears to be circa 30mm, the female figure is in shallow relief and appears to be Britannia, no lion is visible. Due to the shallow relief a post-medieval or modern date is suggested. The angle of the spear appears to be consistent with copper-alloy issues of Anne, George I, George II or George III (the spear is located past the shoulder on these issues, the line visible between the shoulder and the head appears to be a further fold of the lead)
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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