Record ID: WMID-97EED6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy unidentified object, possibly a token, weight or gaming piece of later medieval to post-medieval date, circa (AD1400-1800). The object is circular in plan; the disc is a lot thicker than the usual lead tokens of the age. The upper face is decorated with a cast design comprising two concentric circles. Within both the inner and outer circle are petals, similar to a lead token and could be compared to Powell's type 1 (symbolic petalled flower). The reverse face is flat and un-decorated. The token has a dark grey coloured patina across all surfaces. Lead tokens had a wide…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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Record ID: WMID-7D88D4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object, possibly a token, of unknown date. The object is disc shaped. The obverse and reverse sides each have a central design, both of which are unclear, around which runs an inscirption, inside a raised border around the the circumference. The inscriptions use the Roman alphabet. The inscriptions are unclear. One side reads ( )WINT( )(O)( ), with brackets indicating where letters are unclear. The second has a pellet stop, but the inscription is less clear. The object has a grey surface. It has a diameter of 15.3mm and it is 1mm thick with a mass of 2.3g. The object is possibl…
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
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Record ID: WMID-4E8DF8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead (alloy?) object, possibly a token. The object is in poor condition, having been broken and corroded/worn. Both the obverse and reverse are broadly flat, but appear to have some raised features. The features are unclear. The object has a light brown pitted surface. It is 26.9mm long, 0.4mm wide, and weighs 5.99g. Lead tokens from the medieval and post medieval period are ilustrated and extensively discussed in Mitchiner and Skinner’s 1983 and 1984 articles on English Tokens c1200-1425 and c.1425 to 1672, and their possible purpose as workers tallys (e.g. tallyin…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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