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TOKEN

Unique ID: SUSS-9A2BA4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast lead circular unifaced token. The token has a raised design of a capital letter T on one side, the other side is blank. It is 13.8mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 2.93 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 in date (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: 2.3 mm
Weight: 2.93 g
Diameter: 13.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd September 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: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Wartling

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
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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