NARC-037996: Possible medieval token, obverse

Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-037996

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A flat, sub-discoidal lead object featuring an off-centre circular perforation and an incised cross. The artefact is very worn and is also bent. It could have functioned as any one of a number of things: a token, a badge, a button, a gaming piece. Objects found in the vicinity might suggest a medieval date for this find.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.3 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 4.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Overstone (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8065
Four figure Latitude: 52.277337
Four figure longitude: -0.828853
1:25K map: SP8065
1:10K map: SP86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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