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Record ID: SUR-8C157D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy or pewter pictorial token of 16.8mm diameter. One side has a pair of birds, possibly hawks, eagles or fighting cocks facing each other with a long cross between. The birds have hooked beaks and details of wings and feet shown, with cross hatching used to suggest the texture of feathers. The reverse has a compass-drawn quatrefoil with lenticular petals and a lozengiform centre all set on a cross hatched background.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B9750D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval pewter pictorial token of 15.3mm diameter. One side has a three-quarter length portrait of a bishop enthroned, wearing a single peaked mitre and robe, holding a crozier on the left and with the arm on the right raised in benediction. The reverse has an expanding arm cross with concave sides and cross hatching on the arms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B8FBC3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy or pewter token of 16.3mm diameter. One side depicts a pelican, left, with a small cross upon its back. The bird has a triangular wing, decorated with parallel lines, two feet emerging below and a curved breast and long neck decorated with cross hatched lines. The head faces back over the bird to face the cross. The other side of the token has a shield chevronny alternating cross hatched and plain chevrons to imitate a tincture.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-D2F5AC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy or pewter pictorial token of 15.3mm diameter, probably dating to the reign of Edward II (1307-1327). One side has a mitred (1 peak) bishop's bust with cross-hatched neck and shoulders. The other has an expanding convex-armed cross within a double line border of laddered cells. A casting tab remains on one side.
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-565E02
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy or pewter pictorial token of 15.9mm diameter. One side has a double headed eagle displayed with wings out; details of feathers are suggested using parallel and cross hatched lines. The other side has a heraldic field lozengy created by intersecting lines, the cells alternate cross hatched and empty in fill to imitate tincture. One side of the token has been folded over.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-556473
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy or pewter pictorial token of 16.8mm diameter. One side has a pair of birds, possibly hawks, eagles or fighting cocks facing each other with a long cross between. The birds have hooked beaks and details of wings and feet shown, with cross hatching used to suggest the texture of feathers. The reverse has a compass-drawn quatrefoil with lenticular petals and a lozengiform centre all set on a cross hatched background. One side of the token has been bent.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-545DFF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy or pewter token of 16.3mm diameter. One side depicts a pelican, left, with a small cross upon its back. The bird has a triangular wing, decorated with parallel lines, two feet emerging below and a curved breast and long neck decorated with cross hatched lines. The head faces back over the bird to face the cross. The other side of the token has a shield chevronny alternating cross hatched and plain chevrons to imitate a tincture.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-238F64
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead alloy (pewter) pictorial issue - late series token dating from the period of Edward II to early Edward III AD 1307 -1350. Mitchiner & Skinner (1983:73 Plate 6. no.36) illustrate a token which bears the same design.
Obverse: Secular bust left with cap
Reverse: Shield chevronny
Dimensions: diameter: 16.81mm; weight: 1.01g
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: LON-8888B4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval tin pictorial issue token, dating to the early 13th century. Mitchiner & Skinner (1983:47/Pl. 1; no. 1) illustrate a token which bears the same design. Mitchiner & Skinner (1983:49) write "These are made of the same metal as contemporary pilgrimage ampullae. No subsequent tokens have been recorded in pure tin until the the late fifteenth century."
Obverse: Double headed eagle displayed
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse: Lozengy field
Reverse inscription: None
Dimensions: diameter: 16.45mm; weight: 0.68g.
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-AEE417
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead or tin alloy bi-face token, dating to c. AD 1250-1800; Powell type 9. The token is decorated on both sides with a segmented design and two pellets; on one side the design is very pronounced, but it is much fainted on the other, possibly due to a fault during production. The token is dark grey in colour. It measures 24.12 mm in diameter, 3.48 mm thick, 7.02 g in weight.
Tokens were easy to make and distributed widely throughout a large period of time; therefore, they are difficult to date precisely. They are thought to have been circula…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-F3E075
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-tin (possibly pewter) object, probably a token. The object is roughly oval with jagged breaks around the sides where the tin has caused it to crack and a corroded surface. On one side is a raised equal armed cross the a cross bar at the end of the one complete arm, a pellet in at least one quarter and a diagonal line in one of the others. The other side has several raised horizontal and vertical crossing lines. It is 27.5mm by 23.5mm, 8.2mm thick and weighs 5.01 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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