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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-6E41A2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast lead-alloy circular uni-faced token. The token has a raised design of the initials PP on one side, the other side is blank. It is 17.44mm in diameter, 2.53mm thick and weighs 4.16 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: 2.53 mm
Weight: 4.16 g
Diameter: 17.44 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th March 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
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: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
To be known as: Ashburnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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