SUSS-16D6E1: Medieval or Post Medieval lead token

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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUSS-16D6E1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token (1250-1850 AD). The token has a raised design of an eight petalled flower, four large petals alternating with four thin petals around a central pellet, on the obverse and a flat, undecorated reverse. On the decorated side there is a flower with leaves. The token measures 13.1mm in diameter, 1.9mm thick and weighs 1.18grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD). This small, well made example, may have been used as a couter for games or reckoning.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: AD 1850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.18 g
Diameter: 13.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th 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: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
To be known as: Udimore

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
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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