The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2012-12-04 09:20:20
Title
Post medieval silver coin love token
Description
English: A worn and folded silver shilling of James II, dating 1685 to 1688AD. It has been folded twice, probably for use as a love token. The custom of giving bent coins as love tokens was at its height in the reign of William III and they are usually found in reasonable numbers on old fair sites. The diameter is 25mm.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Lancashire
Date
between 1685 and 1688
date QS:P571,+1685-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1685-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1688-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 533296 Old ref: LANCUM-CBBCD1 Filename: DSC_0080a.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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