Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-5802AE
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn lead Boy Bishop token, penny sized issue of Rigold's (1978: p. 98) Series X C, c.1470-1539 AD.
Obverse: Legend formed from oblique strokes, A mitre within an inner circle.
Reverse: Legend formed from strokes, long cross dividing the legend, pellets(?) in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1539
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.46 g
Diameter: 18.11 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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SMR reference number: WSW 026
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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