Record ID: LON-66A996
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead alloy token, dating AD 1425-1490. The token is from the Cross and Pellets series, though only one face is visible due to wear. On one side there is a cross potent, with pellets in each quarter. A border can be discerned on the opposite face but that is all. The token has a mid grey pattination and is worn around the edges. Due to its condition, it is impossible to pin down the identification of this token any further. Dimensions: diameter: 12.54 mm; weight: 0.46g.
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-6686BA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy biface token, dating to the 17th century. One face of the token has two capital letter Bs back to back and slightly off-centre. The opposite side appears to depict a purse. The token has a dark grey pattination. The majority of lead tokens are thought to date to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as increasing numbers of dated tokens are found. Examples with lettering such as this tend to be 17th century. Dimensions: diameter: 23.29 mm; weight: 6.61g.
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-665677
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy token, dating to the early 16th century. This is an early Tudor token. On one side is a five-petalled flower with a ring and dot motif in each petal. Surrounding the flower is a circle with a wavy linear border around the edge. On the other side is a four-petalled flower with a central pellet. The petals are decorated in hatching and there are ring and dot motifs in between the petals. The flower is within a circle that creates a border with the edge of the token. Within the border are a series of alternating pellets and ring and dot motifs. The …
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-65BA7E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle, dating AD 1330-1400. The buckle has an oval frame with forked projections on one side that acted as dividers in between two plates. All that remains of this item is a single fork from the dividers and part of the oval frame. There is a lip on the frame where the pin would have rested. Moulding between the frame and the divider arm indicate a decorated panel would have separated the frame from the plates. It appears that the frame has been bent outwards as the lip does not align with the centre of the dividers, where the pin would have been a…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-6576DD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy trade token, dating AD 1648-1673. The obverse depicts an anchor. The inscription reads TH[E.BLEW.ANK]ER.TAVERN. The reverse has the initials R . M . C. The inscription reads IN.S.TOOVLES.STREET. The token is worn with a dark brown pattination, making the contents difficult to discern. A similar example can be found in the Museum of London collections: no. NN19848. Dimensions: diameter: 15.10 mm; weight: 0.52g.
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-64E9B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantius II (AD 337-361). Reece period 17. This nummus has a VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse, depicting two victories each holding a wreath. The coin was minted in Trier. RIC Vol. VIII, Trier, 203. The edge of the coin has been damaged so that sections have been removed in places. Dimensions: diameter: 14.26 mm; weight: 1.34g.
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-649F94
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight, dating to the late 17th century. The coin weight is rectangular in plan with chamfered edges. There is a punched decoration on both sides consisting of two annulets and a rectangular stamped lion passant aligned with the bottom. The weight is similar to an example in Egan (2005:162 no.833) but has two annulets instead of six. Egan's coin weight comes from a context dated by ceramic phasing to 1675 - 1700 AD. Dimensions: length: 12.36 mm; width: 11.76 mm; thickness: 2.78 mm; weight: 2.97g. Reference: Egan, G. 2005. Material Culture in…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-63FD34
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval- Post Medieval lead alloy pilgrim badge, dating from the late 15th to early 16th century. The badge is that of the Virgin and child within a crescent moon. All that remains of the badge is the crescent moon and the lower dress of the Virgin Mary. Part of the sceptre associated with this scene is also visible protruding from the dress. There are pellets surrounding the crescent to form a border. On the reverse are traces of a casting seam and a bump which is part of the pin, though it has almost entirely been removed. The object has a mid-grey pattination across the surface.…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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