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Description: | A Late Medieval lead alloy token of small and neat manufacture, measuring 14.92mm in diameter, 1.20mm thick and weighing 1.34g. The decoration on both sides is very similar - a raised cross potent at the centre surround by two concentric areas, on one side filled with raised vertical and diagonal ribs, imitiative of lettering perhaps, and with the outside concentric area filled with raised pairs of diagonal ribs forming triangles on the other side.Two parallels for this design can be seen in the January/ February 2013 issue of the Mernick Lead Tokens Telegraph (http://www.mernick.org.uk/leadtokens/newsletters/LTT1301_88.pdf) p.4, nos.14a, 14b, 15b. David Powell, Editor, suggests these 'might be' in the style of Boy Bishop tokens of the late 15th/ 16th century.
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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