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TOKEN

Unique ID: SF-EDF171

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A worn lead penny size 'Boy Bishop' token, of Rigold's Bury Series If-g, c.1470-1539 AD. Rigold, 1978: pp. 94-95.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1539

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 16.78 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2008

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's Ref. 23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Other
Obverse description: Mitre inclined right
Obverse inscription: S[ANCTV]S NICHOL[]
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross.
Reverse inscription: AVE/REX/G[EN/TIS]

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: Monks Eleigh

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Rigold, S.E.	1978	The St Nicholas or 'Boy Bishop' tokens			94-95

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

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