Record ID: BH-79AD33
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead token of mid to late medieval date (early 13th to late 15th C.). The token is sub-circular and measures 22.6mm diameter by 1.5mm thick. Side 1 has a simple bird design composed of raised lines. The bird is facing right and sitting on a branch. The design is within a raised circular border. Side 2 has a geometric pattern depicting a simple flower design with six unevenly sized petals. The token is slightly bent and has a creamy-white corrosion layer. Weight = 5.20g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hitchin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-79FE56
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead token of probable mid to late medieval (early 13th to late 15th C.) date. Measures 22.9mm diameter by 1.6mm thick. Side 1 has a raised bird design, possibly a dove, standing and facing right. It sits within a circular raised border. Side 2 has a geometric flower design, possibly of a rose, with alternate pointed and rounded petals. Each of the seven (?) pointed petals runs into a line which radiates outwards to the point where it joins the raised circular border. The token is slightly bent and worn and has a creamy white corrosion layer. Weight = 4.97g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hitchin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5144CC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead uniface token, dating to the medieval or post medieval period. The token is circular in shape and lentoidal in section. Its upper surface is decorated with a moulded cross. Its lower surface is plain. The token measures 20mm in diameter and weighs 9.16g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2017
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Record ID: BH-601798
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead uniface token, probably dating to the early post medieval period. The token is circular in shape with slightly bevelled edges. The upper surface of the token is decorated with a moulded jug and wine glass motif within a square stamped frame. The underside of the token is plain. The token measures 24mm in diameter, 4mm in thickness and weighs 13.2g.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2017
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Record ID: BH-1CE32D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead token, probably dating to the early Post Medieval period (AD 1550 to 1700). The token is flat and circular. The obverse depicts a heart pierced by two daggers. There appears to be a circumferential legend but this is illegible. The reverse depicts a lozenge flanked by the letters 'IS'. The 'S' is depicted retrograde. Again, although there appears to be a circumferential legend, this is for the most part illegible, with only 'XI[....]' visible. The token measures 19mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: BH-1D0AC4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy trade token dating to the mid to late seventeenth century AD. The obverse depicts a beaded circular border enclosing the words 'HIS/HALFE/PENNY' and the legend 'IN.BLACKAMOR.STR.TOBAC. The reverse depicts a beaded circular border enclosing two figures flanking a ?tobacco plant with a legend reading 'EDWARD LOVELE[...]
Created on: Monday 13th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: BH-1D3373
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy trade token dating to AD 1668. The obverse possesses a beaded border enclosing the inscription 'HIS/HALFE/PENNY above three flowers, with the legend 'OF PYRTON 1668'. The reverse possesses a beaded border enclosing a tobacco roll with the inscription 'rosetteFrosette' above and 'rosetteIrosetteErosette' below and the legend 'IOHN FARMER'.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: BH-48182B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small lead-alloy token, probably dating to the early post medieval period, approximately AD 1550 to 1700. The token is flat and circular with cast decoration on both its upper and lower surfaces. On the obverse is the letter 'S', while on the reverse, there is an 'I' flanked by two pellets. The token measures 12mm in diameter and 2mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5B122E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy farthing token of Thomas Bill of Royston, dating to 1664. The token measures 15.20 mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-1CA861
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy halfpenny token dating to AD 1668. The obverse legend reads 'IN KINGS LANGLEY.1668' with a beaded circular border enclosing the inscription 'HIS/HALFE/PENNY IGF' above a small flower. The reverse legend reads 'IAMES GOODWIN. AT. THE' with a beaded circular border enclosing a rose surmounted by a crown. cf. Williamson (1889) Vol. I, p. 319.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: BH-B2B06A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead token dating to the medieval or post medieval period. The period comprises a flat, circular disc. One surface is decorated with two opposing crescentic ribs, flanking a central horizontal rib, all joined by a smaller vertical rib. The other surface may be decorated with a series of raised letters but these are illegible. The token measures 17mm in diameter and weighs 2.58g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2016
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Record ID: BH-B2E2C5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead token dating to the medieval or post medieval period. The token comprises a flat, circular disc. One surface is decorated with a raised floral motif, comprising four petals with a pellet in each. The other surface is decorated with more complex motif comprising a central lozengiform motif imposed on a cruciform motif. The token measures 20mm in diameter and weighs 4.47g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DBB474
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token halfpenny probably issued by Hugo Bradiford of Rickling, Essex. See Williamson (1967, 228) Essex no. 255 (attributed to Quendon), see Thompson (1988, Pl. XXI) no. 1340, dated 1669 (on token). It measures 20.16 mm in diameter and weighs 1.58 g This has been marked as a Find of Note due to diligent research by the finder. They have proposed an issuer, namely Hugo Bradiford, who is not identified in the usual sources, an establishment for which this token was produced, namely The King's Head inn, and a precision regarding the place of…
Created on: Saturday 5th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bishop's Stortford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6AD1A2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead uniface token dating to the medieval or early post medieval period. The token is circular in shape and hemispherical in section. The upper surface is decorated with a moulded assymetrical pattern of radiating ribs. The token measures 18mm in diameter, 2mm in thickness and weighs 3.96g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2016
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Record ID: BH-6C6BB6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead uniface token dating to the medieval or post medieval period. The token is flat and circular and is decorated with a raised pattern comprising two parallel curling lines on one surface. The token measures 18mm in diameter, 2mm in thickness and weighs 4.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2016
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Record ID: BUC-667F53
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token halfpenny issued by James Goodwin of King's Langley, Hertfordshire, dated 1668 (on token). Williamson (1967, 319) Hertfordshire no. 136. The token has a diameter of 21.02 mm, and weighs 0.97 g. It has been bent at one point of its circumference.
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wigginton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-2A28E5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy token farthing dating to AD 1664. Obv: (mullet)IOHN(rosette)THORNTON , around sugar-loaf. Rev: (mullet)IN(rosette)HITCHEN(rosette)1664 , around rope inner circle, (rosette)T(rosette) over I(rosette)A within. cf. M. Dickinson 123.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Record ID: ESS-ECE01D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A piedfort or piéfort striking of the coin-type known as the double parisis of Charles IV the Fair, King of France (1322-1328). This version of the type was originally introduced in 1323. The reference to the coin is J. Duplessy, Les monnaies françaises royales (1988) no. 244b; an alternative reference work, J. Lafaurie, Les monnaies des rois de France (1951), no. 248b, records piedfort strikings from the Bibliothèque Nationale collection, as well as coins, and in it there are listed three piedforts of this general denomination. The weight of the currency coin was …
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.