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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-EC5EC1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, cast circular uni-faced lead alloy token. The token has a raised design comprised of capitalised initials separated by a single pellet. The initials are possibly IC or IG. The reverse face is flat and carries no design. It is 18.8 mm in diameter, 2.2mm thick and weighs 3.95grams.
Lead alloy tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; therefore they are difficult to date precisely. Tokens with initials are usually assigned a Post Medieval date.
Class: Powell type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 3.95 g
Diameter: 18.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th September 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
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: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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