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An incomplete lead alloy uniface token dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1500). The design on the obverse appears to depict a sun with five rays and a central pellet. This type of token can be categorised as Powell Type 26. The reverse is undecorated. The object has a mid-grey patina. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as...
Wed, 22 Jan 2025
A complete lead alloy uniface token dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1500). The design on the obverse is very worn but appears to depict two raised intersecting lines forming a cross. This type of token can be categorised as Powell Type 3. The reverse is undecorated. The object has a light grey patina. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use...
Wed, 22 Jan 2025
A complete lead alloy uniface token dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1300-1500). The design on the obverse is very worn but appears to depict two raised intersecting lines forming a cross with less prominent diagonal lines in each quarter, dividing the face into eight segments. This type of token can be categorised as Powell Type 3. The...
Wed, 22 Jan 2025
OXON-0F4559 TOKEN POST MEDIEVAL
Post Medieval 17th centuryhalf penny trade token of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, but the issuer is not clear. The token is heart-shaped. Williamson (No. 70). Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and...
Wed, 22 Jan 2025
KENT-0F10E0 BELL POST MEDIEVAL
A complete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy crotal bell, proabably dated to the 18th century AD.Description: The bell has been cast in one piece. The upper section is hemispherical in form, with two circular sound holes. The lower section is dome-shaped, of slightly wider diameter than the upper section and has a...
Wed, 22 Jan 2025