Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-58CD34
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A cast lead Post-Medieval token. A circular token with a long cross on the obverse. There are traces of a pellet in two of the quadrants; the other two may have worn away. The reverse is plain. The token has a light grey mixed with cream patina. Dated to the 17th or 18th century. Thickness 4.7mm, diameter 19.4mm, weight 10.4g.
cf Bailey, 2000 'Finds Identified' page 15, fig 21
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 10.4 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 12th March 2010 - Monday 15th March 2010
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Other reference: Colchester Museum object entry form no. 6166
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
4 Figure: TL4318
Four figure Latitude: 51.842297
Four figure longitude: 0.074368
1:25K map: TL4318
1:10K map: TL41NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Bailey, G. | 2000 | Detector Finds 4 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 15 | Fig 21 |