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TOKEN
Unique ID: DENO-AF6915
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface circular token. The token has a raised cross design, with a single raised pellet in each angle,possibly intended to imitate a Medieval long cross penny. The reverse is blank.
Lead tokens are difficult to date precisely and could be Medieval to Post Medieval in date (1250-1800 AD). Until recently cross and pellet designs were thought to be contemporary with similar Medieval coin designs; however publication of moulds and double faced tokens which combine Post Medieval initial style designs with cross and pellets suggest they continued to be used throughout the Post Medieval period. The majority of lead tokens are thought to date to the seventeenth century, c. 1600-1700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 6 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th September 2012 - Friday 30th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7386
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Clipstone Area
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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