Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-BCD1C1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Boy Bishop token of uncertain type, c.1470-1539 AD. Only one quarter of the token is preserved, the remainder now missing due to old breaks.
Obverse: Uncertain legend, A mitre inclined right within an inner circle.
Reverse: Uncertain legend, A long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1539
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.02 mm
Width: 17.16 mm
Weight: 2.21 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010
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Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.