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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-089606
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead circular uni-faced token. The obverse of the token has a raised design of a grid. The reverse is blank. The thick, rounded back suggests it was case face down in a mould rather than in a two part mould. It is 18.9 mm in diameter, 5.1mm thick and weighs 10.78 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 1.78 g
Diameter: 18.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd June 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.
References cited
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