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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-6A5721
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead uniface token of probable Post-Medieval date.
It is flat and circular in form with moulded decoration on one face. The decoration possibly depicts an animal walking left.
This token measures 23.18mm in diameter, 2.20mm in thickness, 3.61g in weight.
Similar tokens are noted by Mitchiner and Skinner (1984: plates 16-22) and suggest a date range in the 16th to 18th centuries for the current example.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 3.61 g
Diameter: 23.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Little Whelnetham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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