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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-091424
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead alloy Medieval or Post Medieval uniface circular token dating to c. AD 1250-1800. Powell Type 1. The token is decorated with a seven-petalled flower with a pellet in the center. The reverse is blank. The token is 19.07mm in diameter, 2.05mm thick and weighs 4.4grams. Tokens with simple designs are easy to make and continued in use for a long period; therefore a general date of c. 1250-1800 AD is suggested.
Class: powell type 1
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: 2.05 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Diameter: 19.07 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th October 2012
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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: 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.
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