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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUSS-C3D054

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast lead sub-circular unifaced token. The token has a raised design of a capital M or W on one side. The reverse is blank. There are three casting sprues of different lenghs running out at right angles from the sides of the token, all end in old breaks and the longest is 6.7mm; all are D shaped in section with flat back.a third of the token (with perhaps the fourth sprue) has been cut away or mis-cast, the break is patinated like the rest of the token. The token is 17.8mm in diameter by 11.8mm wide exluding the sprue, 18.8mm by 25.4mm including; it is 2.7mm thick and weighs 4.98 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to date c.1500-1850 AD.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: AD 1850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 4.98 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th June 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

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: SUSS
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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