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Description: | A late Medieval lead token. There is a raised cross on one face, with a pellet in each quarter. There is perhaps the remains of some further detail on the other face, but this is too worn to make out. The object bears strong similarities to a token illustrated in Fletcher (2005, p.40), which is suggested to be of 15th century date and is one of a series from this period that appear to have been strongly influenced by contemporary coin designs. This particular example is crudely executed, but the similarities are enough to suggest that this is probably of a similar date. The reverse is undecorated. Fletcher (ibid. p.37) suggests that the fact that these tokens were imitating coins suggest that they probably had a number of commercial uses in place of official small change.Length: 19.0mm, width: 15.0mm, thickness: 4.0mm, weight: 3.84g
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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