Rights Holder: Sussex Archaeological Society
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Unique ID: SUSS-F19871
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval or modern cast lead alloy circular bi-faced token (1500-1900 AD). On one side is the raised initials I A, on the reverse is an initial P above 12. The token measures 23.19mm in diameter, 2.8mm thick and weighs 4.8 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with numerial values in multipes of 6 (6, 12 and 24) are known to have been used on hop farms to keep track of quantities picked and were cashed for payment at the end of the job.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1900
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Diameter: 23.19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd December 2008
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Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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