HESH-E5ECA0: Lead Token of Probable Post Medieval Date (1500 - 1700)

Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
CC License:


Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

TOKEN

Unique ID: HESH-E5ECA0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

It is likely that this token came from the open stone mould described in record HESH-E487F2. A number of these were found with the mould (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611). Also found with these items was some lead waste (HESH-0A0041)and a large lead cannon ball (HESH-0A8EC3). This group could be interpreted as a metalworkers or token makers assemblage with both used (and recycled) tokens as well as a large amount of lead awaiting to be melted down. Similar tokens are often found and are dated to the post-medieval periods (1500 - 1700 AD).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 5.32 g
Diameter: 24.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th March 2004

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Single long cross which divides the token unevenly. Within each divided quater is a small sub-circullar pellet.

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hereford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO5039
Four figure Latitude: 52.047125
Four figure longitude: -2.730488
1:25K map: SO5039
1:10K map: SO53NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: HESH-E61942
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: HESH-E639B8
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: HESH-E651C8
Object type: TOKEN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

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

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.