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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUSS-554DA6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast double faced lead alloy token with a two headed eagle on one side and a tudor rose on the other with the inscription [...RE]GINA. This was a widely used Elizabethen type that circulated as unofficial currency. The token is 20.6mm in diameter, 1.2mm thick, it weighs 2.39 grams.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1550
Date to: AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 2.39 g
Diameter: 20.6 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Double headed spread eagle
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Tudor double rose
Reverse inscription: [...]GINA
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Laughton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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