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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-EC40B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead 'Lyon' counter, a token dated to circa 1574. The obverse and reverse are of unoffical token of the reign of Elizabeth I. Obverse: Fleurs between two pillars. Reverse: Rampant lion crown with legend.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.82 g
Diameter: 22.07 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2006
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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 East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
To be known as: Bexhill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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