LEIC-1B58A4: 1B58A4 Medieval lead alloy token

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Unique ID: LEIC-1B58A4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Medieval lead alloy token, 22mm in diameter and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 10.5grams. The object is sub circular in form and slightly domed in section, resembling a heart motif. It is decorated on its domed side with radiating raised lines and with a circles of raised pellets in between, just inside a solid raised border.

Possibly a Post Medieval uniface lead token, dating to AD 1500-1750. One face is decorated with an eight spoke wheel, the other is undecorated

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 10.5 g
Diameter: 22 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th December 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain

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.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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