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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-465E9A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead Boy Bishop token, groat size, probably of Rigold's (1978: p. 96) Series VI, c.1470-1539 AD.
Reverse: Legends formed from pairs of vertical strokes, Long cross dividing inner and outer legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1539
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.49 g
Diameter: 27.94 mm
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WSW 026
Other reference: Finder's Ref.: 180912: 31
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A mitre inclined right, within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: +O[]V[]AVOAVO
Reverse description: Long cross dividing inner and outer legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: Legends formed from pairs of vertical strokes
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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