I forgot to mention in my previous message that the medallion is pierced
for suspension, but probably not made that way originally since the hole
goes through the shield off-center and has distorted the edge slightly. So
we can add this to the motley collection of pierced coins, tokens, discs,
etc. that seem to crop up regularly.
Nancy O'Malley
Assistant Director
W.S. Webb Museum of Anthropology
and Office of State Archaeology
211 Lafferty Hall
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506
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