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Slate counter

Findspot: 
Whitefriar's, Coventry
Period: 
Date: 
1547 - 1558
Material: 
Slate

This object was found during excavations at Coventry Free Grammar School (1547-1558). Counters were used in games of draughts or perhaps as chips to tally gaming gains and losses. Games resembling gambling were forbidden, rules some students apparently ignored.

Collection information

Collection: 
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Accession No: 
AR.1986.11.113

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
66

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