Context (Related Documents)
The contents list for the box in which this object was found stored in 2025 states that it contains a 'Collection of Fakes and Forgeries'.
Event Date
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Description (Physical description)
Shadwell forgery (commonly known as a 'Billy and Charley') of a badge or medallion made from copper alloy. Disc-shaped with decoration in relief. One face shows the crowned frontal head of a king with beard and long hair, surrounded by an unintelligible inscription; the other depicts a bird, its wings spread wide, with a key beneath one foot and perhaps an orb beneath the other. This too is surrounded by unintelligible text, with an additional date of '1121' written in Arabic numerals at top. Hanging loop above disc is formed from four conjoined rounded and semicircular sections decorated with ridges. Mould-made.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle