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TOKEN
Unique ID: GLO-FCDA84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Circular lead token on the obverse is a cross saltire with single pellets on one angle, all within a square frame. On the reverse is a six armed star with as pellet at the terminal of one arm. Although similar in style to medieval coins, this style of token dates from the Medieval to Post Medieval Period 1350-1800
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.04 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Norton St. Philip (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7755
Four figure Latitude: 51.29366047
Four figure longitude: -2.33123923
1:25K map: ST7755
1:10K map: ST75NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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