WMAS-1F7A95: Post-Medieval lead token (obverse and reverse views).

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TOKEN

Unique ID: WMAS-1F7A95

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete cast lead token dating to the Post-Medieval period or 17th to 19th centuries AD. The token is 31.8mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 26.51g.

The token is decorated on one side by a six-foil star/petal design inside a circular border, the border being 3 - 4mm wide. In between each pointed oval (petal) is a single circular pellet. The pellets are approximately 2.6mm in diameter. The reverse of the object is undecorated.

As an example, Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. (1984. `English Tokens c. 1425 to 1672’, in `The British Numismatic Journal, Vol. 54, pp. 86-163), have two tokens which date to between 1650 – 1675 AD (plate 22, no.s 48-49) The tokens have the same petal/star design but lack the border and the pellets. They are also decorated on both sides, where as the recorded object is not.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Hereford Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 26.51 g
Diameter: 31.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd November 2005

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: 2004 78/22

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Six-foil flower/star design, surrounded by a circular border. In between the petals are individual circular pellets.
Reverse description: No decoration

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Weston under Penyard (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO6424
Four figure Latitude: 51.913359
Four figure longitude: -2.524779
1:25K map: SO6424
1:10K map: SO62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Hereford Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A.	1984	English tokens: c.1425 to 1672	London	British Numismatic Journal	86-163

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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