Record ID: WMID-82AE26
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval to post medieval uniface token, dating to c. AD 1400 to 1800. One side is decorated with raised cross hatching (Powell type 7). Reverse has a 'B' or '13' etched or scratched into it. Grey/Brown patina. 4.9g, 20.4mm dia and 2.3mm thick
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-124B90
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 14th century medieval 'Lombard' jetton of a lead alloy. Objects of this type were used for the reckoning of debts on a counting board, especially in European financial institutions of the 13-16th century. This particular example is Italian and possibly refers to the Riccardi family, dating to the 14th century. It appears that it would have originally been roughly circular or at least ovoid, but damage, possibly within the soil, has left two large notches. one is more rounded than the other and appears to have happened earlier or to be a flaw of the original flan. Both sides ha…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornton-le-Beans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D3D0D8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roughly cast Post Medieval lead alloy token or tally, dating to the period of c.17th Century AD. The token is bifacial with the same design of a crude cross or possibly windmill sails.
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: WMID-7A3851
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy unifaced token, of Medieval to Post Medieval dating (AD 1300 to AD 1600). The token is sub circular in plan. The obverse depicts a cross, with short central, upper and lower bars (probably Powell type 14). The reverse is plain and undecorated. The token has a diameter of 23.4 mm and is 3.3 mm thick. It weighs 8.6 g. The token is a mid grey colour, with an even surface patina. Lead tokens are a frequently occurring find, with a variety of different designs. Tokens like this, were used as tallies or as replacement low denomination coinage during the Med…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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