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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUSS-E32E35

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast lead circular unifaced token. The obverse of the token has a raised capital letter H in the centre. The reverse is blank. It is 25.2mm in diameter, 1.6mm thick and weighs 3.1 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 be Post Medieval (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: 1.6 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
Diameter: 25.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th April 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: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Ringmer

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: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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