Copper and brass tally issued by Charles II

Made:: 1660-1685 in England

Copper and brass tally
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Copper and brass tally, used for admittance to the ceremony of healing by touch in the form of a token, issued by Charles II, English, 1660-1685

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A641053

Materials:: copper and brass

Measurements:: width 2 mm
diameter 30 mm
weight 10.2 (g)

type:: healing ceremony tallies

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Copper and brass tally issued by Charles II

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