Kent County Council, Ruiha Webster, 2011-04-18 20:04:45
Title
Token
Description
English: A copper-alloy temple token ? Post Medieval? Appears Indian in origin. Obverse: A man (on the left) and a woman in long gowns facing forward. The man plays a flute. They stand under a tree which is on the right. They stand on top of circles with leaves (?) attached. There are separate legends on the right and left of the figures. Reverse: Three figurines on an altar. The altar surrounds them and ends in a point at the top of the coin. The middle figure is smaller than the other two. They wear what looks like masks, have crowns and hold garlands of flowers (?) A legend covers the area beneath the altar. One either side of the top of the altar are an X with dots in each of the corners. Diameter 29.4, thickness 2.4 and weighs 11.6g.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date
between 1500 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 439203 Old ref: KENT-C8B262 Filename: KENT-C8B262.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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