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TOKEN
Unique ID: NMGW13
Object type certainty: Certain
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Two-sided lead or lead alloy (pewter) token. It is crudely made and probably cast. On obverse side monogram design the initials "RS" (note that the S is reversed); on reverse side pictorial design of a rider on a horse with his right arm raised. Some modern scratching on reverse side; presumably, made by finder. The form of the letters suggests an early sixteenth to eighteenth century date. Diameter 15.5-16.5mm, weight 6.0grams.
Notes:
Although lead tokens are a fairly common find type little is known about their date, places of issue, function and extent of circulation. The form of the letters in the monogram suggests an early sixteenth to eighteenth century date for this example but in general lead tokens in various forms are thought to have circulated from the medieval period until the nineteenth century. Tokens with initials probably had only a localised circulation.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 1525
Date to: Ante AD 1799
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 6 g
Quantity: 1
Jetton/ token data
Denomination: Uncertain [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Monogram design
Obverse inscription: RS (S reversed)
Reverse description: Pictorial design of a rider on a horse with his right arm raised
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Pembrokeshire
District: Pembrokeshire
To be known as: Manorbier
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 1999
Personal details
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Recorded by: Philip MacDonald
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Identified by: E Besly - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Philip MacDonald - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA:99.1.5
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Audit data
Created:
Monday 26th July 1999
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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