Record ID: LIN-967BF7 - POST MEDIEVAL token

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TOKEN

Unique ID: LIN-967BF7

Object type certainty: Certain

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A seventeenth-century copper-alloy token of Boston, Lincolnshire.

Obv. A BOSTON.HALF.PENY.TO.BE; Arms of the town of Boston; three ducal coronets in pale.

Rev. CHAINGED.BY.YE.OVERSERS; On a wool-pack a ram couchant.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1670

Dimensions and weight

Diameter: 17 mm
Quantity: 1

Jetton/ token data

Denomination: Jetton [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Arms of the town of Boston; three ducal coronets in pale
Obverse inscription: A.BOSTON.HELF.PENY.TO.BE.
Reverse description: On a woolpack a ram couchant
Reverse inscription: CHAINGED.BY.YE.OVERSERS.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Mareham on the Hill

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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