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TOKEN
Unique ID: CAM-A44537
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval lead boy bishop token. The obverse shows a basic bishop's mitre at the centre, possibly with a raised pellet at either side of the brow band and a single raised pellet at the two points of the mitre. A raised line surrounds this central field. The area between the edge of the flan and this raised border is occupied by eight surviving (probably originally nine) raised pellets separated by single raised lines radiating out from the external edge of the raised border around the mitre to the edge of the flan. A roughly semi-circular chunk is missing from the edge of the flan over the area where a ninth pellet would be expected. The reverse side resembles a Medieval solid long cross coin, legend is illegible. Weight is 12.09g, diameter is 29.5mm, thickness is 2.6mm. See Fletcher, E. Tokens & Tallies Through The Ages 2003, Greenlight Publishing, Chapter 4, p.28-38.
Solid cross coins with pellets in each quarter start being issued in AD 1279 and continue in use until AD 1625, so this token is likely date from within this date range.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1279
Date to: Circa AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 12.9 g
Diameter: 29.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Downham (Civil Parish)
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