Rights Holder: Museum of London
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Unique ID: LON-61B651
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval - Post Medieval lead alloy token dating to the 15th - early 16th century. Probably part of the Cross and Pellets series, London manufacture. Part of the edge is broken and missing.
Obverse: Illegible within a broad oblique ray border
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse: Cross with no pellets inside a linear circle; the whole enclosed with a broad oblique ray border. Rays have the same orientation on obverse and reverse.
Reverse inscription: None
Dimensions: Diameter: 11.71mm; weight: 0.61g.
Reference: Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. 1984. English Tokens C.1425 - 1672. In Challis, C. and Blackburn, M. The British Numismatic Journal Volume 54 1985. p.94 and 146 no 63.
Notes:
The Cross and Pellets Series of tokens are only known in London and Paris. These tokens have been found associated with coins of Henry VI through to Henry VII and it is thought production ended in 1490 but they continued in circulation into the 16th century.
All London examples have the rays orientated in the same direction on the obverse and reverse, the Paris examples show different orientations (Mitchiner & Skinner 1984:94).
Reference: Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. 1984. English Tokens C.1425 - 1672. In Challis, C. and Blackburn, M. The British Numismatic Journal Volume 54 1985. p.94 and 146 no 63.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 11.71 mm
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Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
4 Figure: TQ3579
Four figure Latitude: 51.493833
Four figure longitude: -0.05674
1:25K map: TQ3579
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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