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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
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