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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 5215779, member: 83956"]Hey, I've got one of those. On a whopping 3-quid bid! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215827[/ATTACH] </p><p>Boy Bishop Token ca. 1480-1530 A.D.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lead penny type</p><p><br /></p><p>16.26 mm. 1.82 g. 0°</p><p><br /></p><p>SANCTUS NICHOLAUS; Bishop’s mitre.</p><p><br /></p><p>AVE REX GENTIS; Long-armed cross with three balls in each quadrant.</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay; aps-coins-uk 2/17/16</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s been suggested that the reverse balls are those associated with the St. Nicholas legend, but these balls or pellets are common on all pennies of the period.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Stuart Rigold has argued that they were primarily low-value, symbolic lead ‘tickets’ distributed as largesse by the Boy Bishop to local children and the poor each December, who could then take these tokens and redeem them for sweetmeats and alms at the Abbey or the local St Nicholas Guild…”</p><p><br /></p><p>Bid: £3.21 Total: $10[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 5215779, member: 83956"]Hey, I've got one of those. On a whopping 3-quid bid! [ATTACH=full]1215827[/ATTACH] Boy Bishop Token ca. 1480-1530 A.D. Lead penny type 16.26 mm. 1.82 g. 0° SANCTUS NICHOLAUS; Bishop’s mitre. AVE REX GENTIS; Long-armed cross with three balls in each quadrant. eBay; aps-coins-uk 2/17/16 It’s been suggested that the reverse balls are those associated with the St. Nicholas legend, but these balls or pellets are common on all pennies of the period. “Stuart Rigold has argued that they were primarily low-value, symbolic lead ‘tickets’ distributed as largesse by the Boy Bishop to local children and the poor each December, who could then take these tokens and redeem them for sweetmeats and alms at the Abbey or the local St Nicholas Guild…” Bid: £3.21 Total: $10[/QUOTE]
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