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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C82C51
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small uniface cast lead communion token, probably dating 16th-18th century.
The token is square in plan and rectangular in section. It is simply decorated with raised letters EB in the centre and a raised beaded border. The reverse is undecorated.
Notes:
Similar examples may be found in Communion Tokens of the Established Church of Scotland, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, Alexander Brook
Inscription:
E.B.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.75 mm
Width: 13.25 mm
Thickness: 2.33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Tuesday 31st August 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: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Lowick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NT9939
Four figure Latitude: 55.644545
Four figure longitude: -2.01745
1:25K map: NT9939
1:10K map: NT93NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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