SF7819: Medieval boy bishop token

Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service
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TOKEN

Unique ID: SF7819

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Class: boy bishop

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1480
Date to: AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.28 g
Diameter: 26 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Mitre in profile on the left, with pellet in its right half and two short lines in its left half, and a cross-hatched inside. On the right is a crozier with crook curling to the left.
Obverse inscription: 3 relief ring borders with short oblique lines joining the inner two.
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter. Similar to Rigold's no. X B 6 (Plate XI e).
Reverse inscription: Wavy line border.

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates


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

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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