Thirteenth Century Britain. Pewter token. .72 gm. 16 mm. A bird (goose? though the authors cited call it a pelican) walking left, head turned back, a cross with pellets at the tips above / A square topped shield with alternating bands in an inverted V configuration. As 7a, plate in Num Chron VIII (1845-6); pp 116ff. Cf. SNC LXXIX (1971); pp 446ff. Good Very Fine.

Why a pelican when it looks like a goose? It has been considered a symbol of Christ because of the legend it would use its beak to cut itself to obtain blood to feed its young--an example of self sacrifice.