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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-5BA407
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token, dating to c. AD 1550-1800; Powell type 2. The token is decorated on one side with a 'I' or 'H'. The other side is undecorated and flat. The token is a grey in colour. It measures 20.7 mm in diameter, 3.5 mm thick, 6.0 g in weight.
Tokens were easy to make and distributed widely throughout a large period of time; therefore, they are difficult to date precisely. They are thought to have been circulated throughout both the Medieval and Post Medieval periods and those with letters or numbers are given a general date of c. AD 1550-1800.
Class: Powell Type 2
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 6 g
Diameter: 20.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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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: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Ringmer (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4712
Four figure Latitude: 50.8887892
Four figure longitude: 0.08859478
1:25K map: TQ4712
1:10K map: TQ41SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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