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TOKEN
Unique ID: IOW-3FEB46
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead alloy circular double-sided token of post-Medieval to Modern date (c. 1500-c. 1850). The token has a raised letters: L H on one side, and raised letters: W S on the other side. Diameter: 21.6mm; weight: 5.56g.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to date c.1500-1850 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.56 g
Diameter: 21.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th June 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2010-2-378
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: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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