Record ID: NARC-E83DF3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A casr lead alloy weight of medieval to Post-medieval date. Circular in plan, it measures 22mm in diameter and 5mm thick. It weighs 13g. The face is decorated with a raised circular border and a 8 armed star made up of 4 straight lines.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E84792
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular uniface token. One side is decorated with a simple hatch design the other side is blank. The token measures 17.99 mm in diameter, 2.27 mm thick and weighs 4 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were often made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely, but examples with simple designs are given a general date of c. 1250-c. 1800.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E9C886
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post medieval cast lead alloy uniface circular token, c. 1250-1800 AD. The token is slightly bent and has a long cross pattern to one side and the other side is blank. It is possible that a pellet might have been placed in each quadrant of the cross, but due to surface wear, this is uncertain. It weighs 6.4 grams, 18.58 mm in diameter and 3.08 mm thick. Lead tokens were often locally made and had a variety of uses.They are therefore hard to date precisely, but those with simple designs of crosses are believed to have originally mimicked the designs produced on coinage o…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1496B3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy weight, probably dating to between the Medieval to Post Medieval period, c. 12th-17th century AD. The weight is square in plan, with a domed upper surface and a flat base, resulting in a sub-trapezoidal cross-section. The upper surface is decorated with a large raised long cross with three edges of the cross remaining; the three ends represent different types of cross, one being pattee, one pommee and one undetermined with a large angular knop at the end. The fourth end of the cross is missing due to old damage and a cut mark crosses through the incomplete arm of …
Created on: Sunday 19th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 19th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-21EA44
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval bifacial lead token dating circa AD 1600 to 1800, slightly bent.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
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Record ID: BERK-228498
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy bifaced token with mainly indistinct curved and straight lines on each face. The flan has a small lip which is a more common occurrence on medieval tokens than post-medieval tokens. Also the quality of the moulding suggests an earlier date. Circa AD 1300-1500.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 23rd June 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-252684
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crudely cast, circular lead weight of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It is circular and the upper surface is slightly dished. There is a narrow groove which partly cuts across the middle of the upper surface, but this is probably accidental damage. There are no marks of value, but at a weight of 53.61 (1.9oz), this was probably intended to be a 2oz weight. It therefore dates from the 14th century onwards when the imperial system of weighing started to be developed. It is 31.6mm in diameter and 8mm thick.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
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Record ID: BERK-2792F5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Medieval lead alloy token dating from the 13th to 15th century AD. The token is bifacial and appears to depict a bird on either face in quite good detail. The token as a distinctive silvery appearance which suggest pewter, a material used for tokens mainly in the medieval period, and possibly related to the church in some way (See Fletcher 2005:22). The bird appears to have it's head down feeding. The reverse of the token is not visible as the token has been folded in half.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 23rd June 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-36E840
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of probable Medieval date. The spindle whorl is plano convex, with one face more shallow than the other, and it has a raised border around the outer edge. There is also a central circular perforation which tapers from a diameter of 10.6mm to 9.4mm; there is no indentation in the wall of the perforation. Both faces are decorated with a series of 9 raised dots separated by lines radiating from a central raised border. The body of the whorl shows minimal amounts of wear, and damage appears to be limited to a gouge in the material radiating from the central pe…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-37C5F5
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy plumb bob of unknown date. The object is roughly biconical; it has an elongated circular sectioned shaft with a bulbous perforated terminal at one end; the opposite end of the object terminates in a conical point. It has been decorated with a thick collar at the widest point on the body. A casting seam is visible. The material has a creamy brown-white patina, with some areas marked by a dark brown colour. No close parallel has been found for this design, but a Post Medieval date is suggested based on the similarity in shape to Post Medieval seal matrixes, and the…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
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Record ID: SUSS-382F01
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular uniface token. Powell Type 30. The token is decorated on one side with five pellets arranged with four forming corners of a square with the fifth pellet roughly in the centre. The reverse surface is flat and undecorated. Lead and its alloys are very easy to work and tokens were often locally produced; therefore they are difficult to date and tokens with simple designs had considerable longevity. There are dated generally from c. 1250-1800 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
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Record ID: NLM-391151
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible pin head. Cast biconvex plate with display face of a possibly floral or granulated design within a pelleted border; the back bears a sub-triangular socket for a shank (lost). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700. Length: 13.2mm, Width: 13.1mm, Thickness: 4.8mm, Weight: 2.31gms.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-393646
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button. Cast plano-convex discoid button with separate wire loop (now lost). The front bears a Tudor rose motif. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600. Diameter: 9.8mm, Thickness: 5.9mm, Weight: 2.33gms.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: HESH-3B0D61
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast lead alloy sheeting possibly made into a form or pattern for casting copper alloy cooking vessel escutcheons. The fitting is an irregular semi-circular in plan and rectangular shape in cross section. It has been cut from a sheet of lead alloy - the external edge is scalloped and a circular hole has been drilled / cut through the mid point of one edge (diameter 8.4mm). The upper surface is augmented with lines between the scallops. The surface of the object has a mottled dark grey patina. The fragment is similar in form to that of a type of cooking vessel, some …
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2019
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Record ID: HESH-3B27C7
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular casting sprue or jet of casting debris of unknown date - most probably later medieval - post medieval (1400-1800 AD). The jet is broadly rectangular in plan and irregular in section. The reverse face is flat; the front face has a raised longitudinal D shaped bar extending an projecting from one edge to the other; one terminal of this bar has a rounded boss. The lead is a mid grey colour and the patina is well formed. A specific date cannot be attributed but from the condition of the metalwork a very late medieval or post medieval date is preferred. The casting debris me…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: NARC-4DCFE5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of lead strip impressed with scroll-like decoration. This is a decorative strip from a toy gun. There are two rivet holes to fix the strip to the body of the gun.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: LON-50BC72
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast lead alloy purse shaped pendant, or possibly badge. The purse is roughly trapezodial and 'hangs' via two looping sections on a belt with a round buckle at one end. Between the looping sections is a plain column with a raised section which covers the belt. After the loops, the belt zig-zags across both sides of the purse as a raised design; the strap is decorated with ring-and-dots and ends with a rounded terminal which protrudes from the side of the purse. One face of the purse is more elaborately decorated: there are additional pellets on the belt, includi…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-50D7C7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy weight with a probable Medieval or Post-Medieval date. The weight is sub circular and discoidal, measuring 30.9mm in diameter and is 7.3mm thick and weighs 11.58g (1.57oz). One face has a larger concave dip than the other making the rim more prominent; the original design is no longer distinguishable due to wear and damage; the opposite face has what appears to be four counter-relief stamped dots. The weight has a shiny creamy medium brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
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Record ID: LON-514B10
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast lead alloy pendant or badge of Christ on the Cross. The pendant is decorated on both faces with cross hatching and trefoil terminals; each foil is emphasised with a central raised pellet. On one face is a depicted of Christ with a halo. There is no obvious means of attachment but the top trefoil is broken and may originally have extended to an attachment loop. The pendant measures 26.1mm (length) x 21.0mm (width) x 1.5mm (thickness) and weighs 1.27g. The pendant is of an unprovenanced rood, therefore a broad medieval date is suggested.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
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Record ID: BH-5156A3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy token, probably dating from the Medieval or post-Medieval periods. The token is circular and uniface, the relief-moulded design being geometric in nature, containing a saltire within a rectangle, other lines and two pellets. Dimensions: 17.8mm diameter, 2.8mm thick. Weight: 6.33g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great and Little Chishill', grid reference and parish protected.