1999-07-26 00:00:00 Philip MacDonald pmacdonald 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW13 TOKEN 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. 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; presumabl... 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. Lead Cast POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL Early Late 1525 1799 1999-07-26 00:00:00 PEMBROKESHIRE PEMBROKESHIRE POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid SS09NE SS2019 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 PUBLIC Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 1999 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.