Record ID: OXON-7B685D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval - Post Medieval crudely cast, lead alloy large sized, uniface token of Powell type 3 The token is roughly circular in plan, sub-rectangular in cross section with a raised design of a 8 spokes extending from the centre of the token. There are two concentric raised borders also, one at the edge of the token and another about half way along its diameter. The reverse is flat and plain. The token is a medium grey colour. The token is 16.7mm in diameter, 1.8mm thick and weighs 3.52 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, …
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A30CA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval cast lead-alloy circular uniface (Powell Type 1) token dating c. AD 1500-1800. The token is sub-circular in plan with a single decorated face featuring a five petalled flower with elongated hollow linear petals. The reverse is blank. The object has a white patina with grey raised areas. Dimensions: diameter: 16.85mm,  thickness: 1.28mm,  weight: 2.78g 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 diff…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-F28068
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval button with pierced hole. Decorated with radiating lines. Diameter: 11 mm; Weight: 0.60g
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-2DB574
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern replica coin, imitating a Raven penny of Anlaf Guthfrithsson of York, 939-941. Metallic composion has been confirmed by Birmingham Museums conservation team as lead / zinc plated. The obverse is a copy of North 537. 
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-04AEC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy unifaced token of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1400 to AD 1800). The obverse depicts a tree-like motif with a with a central vertical ridge and two or three branches either side (Powell type 17 - trees, plants and their produce). The reverse is plain and undecorated. The token is sub circular in shape. The edge is slightly been bevelled and extremely worn. Lead tokens are believed to have been locally produced, and has a variety of uses, for example as gaming pieces, weights, tallies, etc. This can ma…
Created on: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-66ADFC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern lead-alloy forgery imitation of an Anglo-Saxon sceat of Series T. Measurements :- Diameter 12.7mm , Thickness 1.71mm , Weight 1.4g. Tony Abramson (pers. com.) has confirmed that this is a modern forgery and apparently these are not uncommon.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: SUR-CC23AB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval copper alloy farthing of Charles I (1625-1649), Richmond "round" type dating to 1625-1634. Crescent with mullet initial mark. The obverse has CARO overstuck on IACO as the type uses dies modified from earlier issues of James I. As North (1991) 2275.
Created on: Friday 19th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: LON-80BE5D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval contempary lead-alloy copy of groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Obverse: Crowned bust left. Obverse inscription: [] Reverse: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend. Reverse inscription: POSVI [DEV ADIVTOREM MEV] (have made God my helper) Dimensions: diameter: 25.22mm; weight: 3.21g. Another lead-alloy Elizabeth I coin on the database is LANCUM-1E58F5. Reference: North, J. J. 1975. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink: London
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NLM-52D3BC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy coin. A probably modern forgery of a late Iron Age coin whose details would appear to be drawn from the uninscribed gold coinages of the Corieltauvi. It does not resemble the silver units of that tribe. Some examples have been found with a coating of gold paint, perhaps here lost to erosion in a coastal find-spot. The distribution of these objects appears to be skewed towards sites frequented by metal detectorists, and these may represent the ‘salting’ of sites by rival collectors, whether in jest or malice. A ‘mint’ in the Grimsby area is suspected. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8243E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy or high lead content alloy contemporary copy of a radiate coin ('barbarous radiate'), copying a coin of Tetricus I (AD 271-274). Probably dating to c. AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). Uncertain reverse type, depicting a figure standing left. Mint unclear. Diameter: 18.6mm (max). Weight: 2.30g. A number of lead or lead-alloy copies of radiate coins have been recorded on the PAS Database, for example BM-C33C4D.
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
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