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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7B22D7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval, cast, lead alloy, token. This crude token is oval in shape, with one end cast short. It is uniface, being decorated with a saltire and a pellet in each field. It is blue-grey in colour.
Its measures 20.9mm long and 15.8mm wide, it weighs 6.1g.
Similar tokens are tentively attributed to the 15th century as simplistic copies of long cross coins in Edward Fletchers Leaden Tokens and Tallies.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.9 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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