Record ID: WMID-E82F65
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy unifaced token of Medieval to Post Medieval dating (AD 1400 to AD 1800). The obverse of the token has eight pellets within a circle (Powell types 30, 31). No designs are present on the reverse. A casting sprue is visible on the reverse. It measures 16.2 mm in diameter and 3.2 mm thick. It weighs 2.6 g. The token is a light grey colour, with an even surface patina. Token is worn.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: WAW-FD446D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token of Medieval date (AD 1300-1500). The token is unifacial. The obverse is decorated with a raised cross quartering the face of the object, with a pellet in each quadrant. This would conform to Powell Type 3. The reverse is plain and undecorated, though there are some incisions in it, likely through wear rather than as intentional decoration. The token has a dull grey patina, with some whiter sections. It is roughly sub oval to sub hexagonal in shape. "Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, et…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
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Record ID: WAW-08A3A5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead uniface token dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1500). The design on the obverse consists of a raised cross quartering the face of the object with one to two pellets in each quarter. The reverse is undecorated but has a casting seam running longitudinally across the centre. The token can be classified as Powell Type 3. The object has a whitish-brown patina and part of one edge has broken away. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; the…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: WAW-7285E3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead uniface token dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1700). The design on the obverse consists of a central raised dot with raised circle surrounding and the border of the token also raised. The reverse is undecorated. The token can be classified as Powell Type 31. The object has a light grey patina.Part of the edge on one side of the token is missing having broken away in antiquity. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; …
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: WAW-A324E0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead uniface token dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1700). The design on the obverse appears to depict a crude crown in relief. The reverse is undecorated. The token can be classified as Powell Type 25. The object has a whitish-grey patina. The token has been pierced off-centre. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. The overall dimensions are as follows: 22.99mm in diam…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: WAW-9F701C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead uniface token dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1700). The design on the obverse appears to be an abstract design of horizontal and vertical lines, in relief. The reverse is undecorated. The token can be classified as Powell Type 24. The object has a dark grey patina. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. The overall dimensions are as follows: 17.18mm in diameter, 3.29…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: WAW-9F5F22
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead uniface token dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1600). One face of the token depicts a long cross dividing the legend with a single pellet in the centre of the token. The legend does not appear to be readable but is made up of a series of radiating lines. The reverse of the token is plain. The object has a light whitish-grey patina. The token resembles the 'Boy Bishop' types of the 15th to 16th centuries (see SF-D9D9BA and SF-E8C174). Though it could also be a Powell Type 14 and have been made to mimic the long cross pennies, thus dating t…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: WAW-9F3066
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead uniface token dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1700). The design on the obverse appears to depict a crown with plume and lis decoration, in relief. The reverse is undecorated. The token can be classified as Powell Type 25. The object has a light brownish-grey patina. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. The overall dimensions are as follows: 20.38mm in diameter, 1.83…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: HESH-20E908
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy unifaced token of later medieval or post medieval date (1200-1800). The token is a D shape in plan with a broken perforated edge. A single drilled hole is present on one edge, possibly from where the token had been reused as a small plaque. The upper face has a raised central boss like pellet which is enclosed by six lentoid shaped hoops arranged in a symmetrical pattern forming a compass drawn flower or daisy wheel. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The token has a grey coloured surface patina. The design of these daisy wheel marks are often associat…
Created on: Monday 28th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clun', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5B8B1C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy token dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1300-1700). The token is a circular unifaced disc. The decorated face depicts a group of irregular geometric shapes (Powell Type 9), it has a raised line spanning the diameter of the object, above which are two lines perpendicular to the first. Below is a pellet in the centre of the token, it is flanked to one side by a raised triangle, and a raised chevron pointing towards the pellet on the other. The other face is undecorated. A small chip is present at the top of the token and it has a dark grey …
Created on: Friday 26th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5B4259
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy token dating to the medieval to post medeival period (c.AD 1400-1700). Powell Tye 14 The object is a circular unifaced disk. The face depicts a raised cross with a pellet in each quadrant with the rim of the token turned up slightly. The reverse is flat and plain. It has becomes slightly disfigured to one side. The object has a dark patina and appears to have been coated in olive oil. Diameter: 21.5mm; Thickness: 2.5mm; Weight: 7.8g
Created on: Friday 26th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-7EB268
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy uniface token. It is circular in plan and rectangular in profile although this is distorted by movement in the soil.The upper face is decorated with a cast design comprising a vertical cross which divides the upper surface. Over this is a square shaped diamond with radiating spokes from the mid-point of each side dividing the outer edge into eight even panels - within each panel is a central pellet and there are further pellets positioned at the mid point of the cross and at the terminal of each straight rib. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The token has a …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Saturday 16th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Neen Savage', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-04E607
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy token of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1400 - 1800). The token is sub-circular in plan. The obverse has an uneven surface and raised ribs in an irregular pattern. The reverse is not visibly decorated. The token is mid cream in colour. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Medieval in date (c. AD 1500 - 1850), those which seem to …
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Record ID: HESH-04CA40
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy uniface token of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1400 - 1800). The token is sub-circular in plan. There is a raised vertical cross and pellet in each quarter. The reverse is not visibly decorated and is slightly concave. It is mid grey in colour. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Medieval in date (c. AD 1500 - 1850), those whic…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Record ID: WREX-9F1CF0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Medieval to Post-Medieval, sub-circular, uniface, lead token or gaming piece. The obverse face has a crude star made up of a central pellet with 11 lines radiating out from it. The reverse has a small central depression surrounded by a raised "ring". Diameter: 20.5mm; thickness: 5.3mm; weight: 11.4g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9E393F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy unifaced token or possibly a weight. Front face has a stylised globular bottle and goblet. Reverse is plain and undecorated. The reverse is plain with a cast rim around the edge. It measures 26.2mm diameter, is 6.1mm thick and weighs 13.9 grams
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: HESH-0AD9AA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy uni-faced token of later medieval or post-medieval date (1200-1800). The token is broadly circular in plan. The upper face is decorated with a cast design comprising a central cross with bi-furcated / forked terminals. The terminals of the cross are marked by globular pellets. The reverse face is plain and unmarked. The token is a cream-grey colour with an eroded surface patina. The token measures 30.1mm diameter, is 3.4mm thick and weighs 12.1 grams
Created on: Monday 7th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: HESH-349084
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy uni-faced token of later medieval or post-medieval date (1200-1800). The token was circular in plan it is now distorted and U shaped. The upper face is decorated with a cast design consisting of a verticle and diagnonal cross positioned on a central pellet creating a multi-spoked wheel. The reverse face is plain and undecorated. The token is a cream-grey colour with an eroded surface patina. The token measures 25.9mm diameter, 2.5mm thick and weighs 9.0 grams
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Last updated: Saturday 16th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cleobury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-347E3B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy uni-faced token of later medieval or post-medieval date (1200-1800). The token was circular in plan. The upper face is decorated with a cast design consisting of a two vertical and a horizontal bar forming a crude H shape. The reverse face is plain and undecorated. The token is a cream-grey colour with an eroded surface patina. The token measures 12.6mm diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 2.0 grams
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Last updated: Saturday 16th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cleobury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-CBF9C7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy uni-faced token of later medieval or post-medieval date (1200-1800). The token is circular in plan. The upper face is decorated with a cast design comprising a central cross which divides the face of the token evenly; within each divided quarter a single pellet. The reverse face is plain and unmarked. The token is a cream-grey colour with an eroded surface patina. The token measures 15.5mm diameter, is 2.4mm thick and weighs 2.4 grams
Created on: Friday 6th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cleobury', grid reference and parish protected.