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Description: | A slightly bent cast lead token of medieval or later date. This example has a raised six petalled daisy wheel on the obverse but the reverse has no design.Lead tokens are thought to have been produced as a substitute for low denomination currency at times when it was in short supply (particularly for agricultural use). Lead tokens were easy to manufacture and widely distributed; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those with simple designs were used throughout the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. They could also have been used for gaming pieces or for similar purposes to jettons.
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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