Record ID: SWYOR-B9E658
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A silver piedfort or piéfort striking of a half penny of Robert the Bruce of Scotland (AD 1306 - 1329). Compare Spink (2003) Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands number 5077 on page 21. The flan is 14.7mm diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 4.1g. Obverse: Crowned bust left holding sceptre +: ROBERTVS : DEI : GRA : Reverse: Long cross with a pierced mullet of five points in each angle SCOTORVM REX + Die axis: 6 o'clock Piedforts are unusual objects and their actual purpose has never been definitely established. In most cases, they are objects struck from the dies of a …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7D9485
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
British Museum Curatorial Report: "I have examined an object reported found at "Darrington", West Yorkshire. The object is a piedfort or piéfort version of the coin-type known as the denier of the counts of Blois-Chartres. The reference to the coin is J. Duplessy, Les monnaies françaises féodales (2004) no. 585. This was the last of the anonymous Blois denier series (coins that do not name an individual count) and the only one of them for which there are known examples of piedforts, as several of this type have been recorded. The coin is anonymous, with a highly stylised obverse …
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-30F958
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A post-Medieval copper alloy trader's token: a farthing of John Naylor, a grocer of Wakefield, dated 1664: Williamson no. 361 (Yorkshire). Ref: Dickinson 1986: 236. Obverse description: A soldier on horseback,galloping left, with drawn sword. Obverse inscription: [JO]HN NAYLOR [GROCER] Reverse description: An inscription in three lines reading N / I M, within a beaded circle.There are single, small lozenges flanking the N and a vertical pair between the I and M. Reverse inscription: IN [WA]K[F]EILD 64 The token has been heavily cleaned and most of the detail is now lost. It is 1…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-409756
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy token, severly worn but the module and what remains of the lettering suggest that it belongs to the series issued in the 1660s. Obverse: helmeted head, right? set within a ring. H I ?. Reverse: ? set within a ring, lettering lost. Diameter 17.4mm, Mass 1.63g.
Created on: Sunday 4th June 2017
Last updated: Sunday 4th June 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-0AC1B8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy token, badly corroded with much loss of detail . Obverse: two lilies, DO [ ] NOTE?. Diameter 19.4mm, Mass 1.53g.
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
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