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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUSS-165F35

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token. On one side are the raised initials S R, the S retrograde. The other side is blank. The token measures 21.8mm in diameter, 2.7mm thick and weighs 5.09grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to be Post Medieval in date (1500-1850 AD).

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: AD 1850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 5.09 g
Diameter: 21.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd August 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Isle of Oxney

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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