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LOT 1768
Medieval Thames Pewter Bifacial Wine Tavern Token
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (715 grams, 1.7 cm).
One face displaying a shield in relief bearing horizontal lines; an antlered deer pursued by an arrow. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Footnotes
Tokens of this type were used in taverns and similar establishments.
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