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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-20E094
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead boy bishop token, Rigold's uninscribed Bury series Xc, small size, c.1470-1539 AD or perhaps a little later (Rigold, 1978: pp. 91-93, pl. XIm-n).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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: 2.65 g
Diameter: 17.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2009
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Materials and construction
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Other
Obverse description: Bulbous mitre left, pellet at centre, crozier to the left, all within an inner circle
Reverse description: Long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: None
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Isleham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigold, S.E. | 1978 | The St Nicholas or 'Boy Bishop' tokens | 91-93, pl. XIm-n |
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