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TOKEN
Unique ID: DENO-4898A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead or lead alloy Unifaced token of the Medieval to Post Medieval periods, dating from c. AD 1400 - c. AD 1800. The token is broadly circular in plan and is decorated on the obverse face. The decoration is in the form of a long cross with a single pellet in each quadrant. (Powell Type: 14). The reverse is undecorated. This form of decoration is common and has many similarities to the reverse decoration on silver pennies of the period.
Diameter 19.95 mm
Thickness 3.01 mm
Weight 4.17 g
Ref: Fletcher 'Leaden Tokens and Tallies; Roman to Victorian' (pp. 40-41 and 45)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1400
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.01 mm
Weight: 4.17 g
Diameter: 19.95 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Saturday 18th April 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E6604
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: The decoration is in the form of a long cross with a single pellet in each quadrant.
Reverse description: The reverse is undecorated.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Hawton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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