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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-C420B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead circular unifaced token. The token has a raised design of the capital letters PB on one side, with a pellet between the initials; there is a short straight line leading from the pellet to the edge. The reverse is blank. It is 20.1mm in diameter, 1.4mm thick and weighs 3.76 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 to c.1500-1850 AD.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 3.76 g
Diameter: 20.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd April 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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