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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-274CA7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead alloy circular unifaced token. On one side is a raised initial R written retrograde (backwards). The other side is blank. The token is 20.2mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick and weighs 6.8 grams. Tokens with simple designs were very easy to make, had a range of uses and continued in use for a long period, those with initials are generally thought to be Post Medieval in date, 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: 2.9 mm
Weight: 6.8 g
Diameter: 20.2 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Ringmer
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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