TOKEN
Unique ID: LEIC-BB49A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy token, 15mm in diameter and 0.25mm thick. The object has a brown patina and is very worn. A shield can be made out on one side with a large central chevron with possibly three objects below it. It has an inscribed border which is very faint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 0.25 mm
Weight: 0.37 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th January 2006
Personal details
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Recorded by: Wendy
Scott
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Identified by: Wendy
Scott - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Jetton/ token data
Denomination: Uncertain [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Initials possibly N and R
Obverse inscription: VA[...]BAM
Reverse description: Shield with chevron
Reverse inscription: OBL[...]A[...]
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands
County: Leicestershire
District: Melton
Parish: Burton And Dalby
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7616
Four figure Latitude: 52.736302 Four figure longitude: -0.875836
1:25K map: SK7616
1:10K map: SK71NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Monday 16th January 2006
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
