SF-6EEA41: Provincial token

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TOKEN

Unique ID: SF-6EEA41

Object type certainty: Certain
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Provincial token of the Elizabethan period. A similar example is shown in Mitchiner and Skinner (1983, plate 15) and has been discovered at Chilton, Suffolk (see SF-6F6A51).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.23 g
Diameter: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: The front face of the disc has a central circle with a design within it which cannot be clearly seen, there is a circular knop in the centre and straight angular lines surrounding this. Around this inner circle there is what may be an inscription of some kind or alternatively could be purely decorative. No distinctly recognisable letters can be deciphered.
Reverse description: The back face of this disc is smooth and undecorated.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Freckenham

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
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

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. 1984 English tokens: c.1425 to 1672 London British Numismatic Journal plate 15

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Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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