TOKEN

A worn incomplete lead-alloy unifaced token of the Post-Medieval period, dating to AD1500 - AD 1850.

Description: The toke is uniface and circular. Has a quartered design forming a cross and has a pellet in each angle. The token is roughly flat and is a mid-off white colour. There is a small section missing from one quarter.

Measurements: 19.35mm in diameter, 4.09mm thick and 7.42g in weight.

Discussion: Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-Medieval in date (1500-1850) (Fletcher 2005, 50-66), those which seem to mimic Medieval penny designs were previously deemed to be 15th-16th century (Fletcher 2005, 40-45) but a number of examples combined between the medieval and initial types make this unlikely and the usual c. 1500-1850 date is suggested here

The Powell classification system, in which there are over 30 categories, attempts to classify these leaden tokens according to the designs featured on each face, but it does not assign any chronology.

Numismatic data

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