LIN-632D04: Decorated lead disc

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TOKEN

Unique ID: LIN-632D04

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Probable lead token. The token is flat and plain on the reverse with no methods of attachment. The face of the disc is decorated with a moulded six pointed star made up of twelve smaller triangles each containing a pellet. There is a pellet in each angle outside the star.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1799

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 8.67 g
Diameter: 30 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: Six pointed star made up from twelve smaller triangles each containing a pellet. Pellet in angles outside the star.

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: North Kesteven

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

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

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