TOKEN

Unique ID: SF-54B305

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A worn lead Boy Bishop token, c. AD 1470-1539.

Obverse: outer circle with mitre in centre, with pellets. Legend illegible.

Reverse: long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each angle. Legend illegible.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1539

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.69 g
Diameter: 16.66 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2012

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Justine Biddle - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Justine Biddle - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's ref 29

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [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]

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: St Edmundsbury
To be known as: Brockley

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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