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TOKEN
Unique ID: LEIC-14E534
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post Medieval copper alloy token, Melton issue, probably Roger Waite.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1660
Date to: AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th November 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: HIS HALF PENY over three lines
Obverse inscription: [INME]LTON[..]
Reverse description: nothing visible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Melton Warwick (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7517
Four figure Latitude: 52.745429
Four figure longitude: -0.890415
1:25K map: SK7517
1:10K map: SK71NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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