Record ID: SF-902EF3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy Medieval penny sized boy bishop token, dating to the period c. 1470-1539. Generally quite a crude cast. Most similar to the Series X (Uninscribed Bury Series) as described by Rigold (1978). The obverse depicts a bulbous mitre with two pellets (one above the other) in its centre. There are four additional pellets arranged around the mitre (two each side, with one above the other). There is no crozier depicted. The legend is made up of strokes. The reverse depicts the normal cross, quartering the token, but with one pellet in each quarter rather than the usual t…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-11B10F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy late medieval to post-medieval Nuremberg jetton of uncertain issuer. Rose and orb type, dating to the period c. AD 1500-1711 Obverse: three crowns, alternatively with three Lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose. Obverse legend reads: []D[]. Reverse: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches: no ornaments around tressure. Reverse legend reads: []VG
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6D1C94
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy Medieval groat sized boy bishop token, dating to the period c. AD 1470-1539. The token has suffered heavy damage and now little more than half of it survives, part of the coin has been bent back upon itself obscuring the centre of the reverse. The boy bishop token is a Type C from the Neat Inscribed Bury Series (Rigold, 1978). Obverse: bust illegible. Inscription is illegible. Reverse: the token is quartered by a cross with three pellets in each quarter. Inscription: [] / CASTI / S:[] / [] // []/ REX. / G[] / []. Rigold. 1978. The St. Nicholas or Boy Bis…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-43C9C2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy boy bishop token dating to the period c. 1470-1539. Uninscribed bury series, of half-groat size. Obverse: Outlined bulbous mitre, with pellet in the centre, to left is a crozier with head turned left. Obverse legend symbols/scrolling illegible. Reverse: Long cross quartering the token with three pellets in each quarter. Reverse legend scrolling illegible. As Rigold. 1978. The St. Nicholas or Boy Bishops Tokens. PSIAH, Vol 34 (2), page 98, Uninscribed Bury series (Normal) C.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-69FD68
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead penny sized Boy Bishop token, dating to the period AD 1470-1539. Obverse: inscription is illegible - a faint outline of mitre is present. Reverse: []A[]V[]E[] - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Closest example is Series I or VI penny in Rigolds' The St. Nicholas or Boy Bishops Tokens. PSIAH 1978, Vol 34 (2).
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-69EAC6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead groat sized Boy Bishop token, dating to the period AD 1470-1539. The token has broken in half. Obverse: no inscription, instead there is a border of regular strokes - the bottom section of a mitre is visible. Reverse: no inscription, instead there is a border of regular strokes - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Closest example is Series XI (Uninscribed Ely Series), no. 1 in Rigolds' The St. Nicholas or Boy Bishops Tokens. PSIAH 1978, Vol 34 (2), page 98. It differs from this example as it lacks the pellets in the borders, …
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.