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Record ID: WMID-C53655
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy token dating to the late Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1400-1600). The token has a cast design of a long cross on one face with a single pellet in each quarter. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Such tokens have been suggested as imitations of Medieval hammered long cross pennies.
See PAS records ASHM-EE2406 and SUR-5AF106 for comparable examples.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 19.25mm in diameter, 2.43mm in thickness and 3.64g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-C3E141
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy token of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1300-1700. The token is uni-faced and circular in plan and rectangular in section. The upper face is decorated with a simple, raised cross within a raised border. This decoration fits into Powell's type 14 (crosses). The border is worn away along part of the edge. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
The metal is grey-ish cream in colour and worn. The token is 19.8mm in diameter, 4.4mm thick and weighs 8.2g.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses including use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets and wei…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: OXON-C3A60B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast lead alloy token or tally of post-medieval date. The token bears the faint remains of a raised design of a grid pattern on one side and an abstract pattern on the other. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, 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 (c. AD 1500 - 1850), although this example is likely to be 17th century in date.
It has been suggested that grid designs may represent …
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-C2F74B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and bent post-medieval copper-alloy farthing trader's token issued by the City of Bristol in AD 1652. Williamson (1891, 241), Gloucestershire 12.
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: IOW-C2A249
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Richard Dore of Newport, Isle of Wight, dated 1654 on token. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (265, ref: 99).
Obverse: [RICHARD DORE]; R D in field.
Reverse: [OF NEWPORT]; 1654 in field.
Diameter: 15.7mm. Weight: 1.21g. DA=12:6.
Richard Dore was a member of the Corporation, but in 1662 he and other members of that body were dismissed for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance. (see: 'The Antiquary' Vol. XLVIII, 1912, where there is an article on the Ledger Book of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1567-1799 by…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DENO-C16A04
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy probable agricultural token or tally of post medieval date (c. 1550 - c. 1800). The object is abraded, with a heavy patina and dents and scars probably representing post depositional damage. The obverse may depict a standing or walking human figure. (cf token illustrated in Fletcher, 2005, p 64)
Diameter is 16.9 mm, Thickness 2.5 mm. Weight 4 g.
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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This findspot is known as 'East Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-C1364B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy token or tally dating to the post-medival period. The token is a common type, depicting a six-petalled flower on the obverse and the issuer's initials on the reverse, in this case 'R A'. This type of token dates from c. AD 1600-1800.
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: BH-C0D06C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast Post-Medieval lead uniface token dating to the period c. AD 1500-1800 (Powell Type 7). The token is roughly disc-shaped. One surface is decorated with a crosshatched design. The other surface is plain. The object is considerably worn all over and has numerous scratches and gouges across its surfaces. The token measures 18mm in diameter, is 2.5mm thick and weighs 4.80 grams.
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-C09703
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast oval lead disc, probably a token, uniface, on one side a cross in relief, maximum diameter 15mm, weight 4.02g, probably 17th-18th century
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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