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Description: | A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token (1250-1850 AD). The token has been cast with a raised design on the obverse of an equal armed cross with a pellet in each quadrant, this is encircled by a raised border which slopes away slightly towards the outside edge. This border is worn and missing in sections. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The token measures 33.52mm in diameter, 4.68mm thick and weighs 24.45g.Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD). 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 desgns with cross and pellets suggest they continued 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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