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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-A0A132
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead alloy circular uni-faced token. The obverse of the token has a raised design of four regularly spaced lines running from edge to edge and all meeting in the middle. The reverse is blank. It is 20.3mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick and weighs 6.26 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: 2.9 mm
Weight: 6.26 g
Diameter: 20.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd August 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: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Framfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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