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Description: | Lead Token. Cast disc with stamped designs on both sides, alluding to conventions of coinage, perhaps not very respectfully.Obverse description: Rectangle with a curving row of pellet above, a central triangle flanked by two pellets, representing a facing king's bust.Reverse description: Lettered and numerical legend over two lines, within part of a pelleted border. Reverse inscription: RK / CMThe use of these objects is uncertain, though some are associated with taverns, and others with sites where goods were loaded (I.N. Hume 1991 [reprint of 1969 edition consulted], A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America, Ramdom House, New York and Toronto, pages 172-173, fig. 62). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.Diameter: 22.8mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 9.69gms, die axis: 12.
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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