SF-4938B1: Boy Bishop token

Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service
CC License:


Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

TOKEN

Unique ID: SF-4938B1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A lead Boy bishop token of late fifteenth to sixteenth century date.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.71 g
Diameter: 16.06 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2008

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: mitre facing
Reverse description: single circle of legend, cross dividing, three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: AVE/REX/GEN/TIS

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: SF-498DC0
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A lead Boy bishop token of late fifteenth to sixteenth century date,poor condition, edges incomplete and legend missing.
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: SF-4B31D0
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A lead token, poor condition, possibly a Boy Bishop token. late fifteenth to sixteenth century AD..
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: SF-338F36
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A lead Boy Bishop token of late fifteenth to sixteenth century date. It is bent and worn, with fragments missing. It measures 21.82mm in diam…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.