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TOKEN
Unique ID: ESS-1347E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead token. It is damaged and incomplete. One surface has a raised line across the diameter, and the other face has a central pellet with six lines radiating out from it (like wheel spokes). It is 22.06mm in diameter and weighs 6.0 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6 g
Diameter: 22.06 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OEF 6303
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
Parish or ward: Campsey Ash (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3256
Four figure Latitude: 52.153507
Four figure longitude: 1.390017
1:25K map: TM3256
1:10K map: TM35NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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