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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-425406
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast lead-alloy circular double-faced token. The token has a raised design of the initials RP within a plain line border on one side. The other side has a short raised line, possibly part of an I or 1 again with a plain line border. It is 22.8mm in diameter, 3.6mm thick and weighs 9.17 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 generally thought to be Post Medieval in date, c.1500-1850 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 9.17 g
Diameter: 22.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Chichester district
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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