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TOKEN
Unique ID: KENT-EC94A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
16th-18th Century. Lead alloy, cast, medium size, slightly damaged bi-face token, Powell type 1 classification. Length 22.8mm, Width 20.8mm, Thickness 2.8mm, Diameter 22.8mm, Weight 4.0g. Obverse: Four leaf clover or four petal daisy/windmill sails or water mill design. Inscription: None. Reverse: Off-centre pellet with concentric circles or a ring-dot within a border design. Inscription: None. This token shows some wear, has a grey patina but has some white/grey powdery surface corrosion. It also was slightly damaged and distorted by the plough when found. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Grennlight Publishing 1992, page 52-57 No. 26, Finds Identified, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2000, page 10-15 fig. 13, Leaden Tokens and Tallies Roman to Victorian, Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2005, page 101 No. 76 and Token and Tallies Through the Ages, Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2003, page 31.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1799
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.8 mm
Width: 20.8 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 4 g
Diameter: 22.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th October 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: Rother (District)
To be known as: TANDRIDGE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 52-57 | 26 | |
| Bailey, G. | 2000 | Detector Finds 4 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 10-15 | 13 | |
| Fletcher, E. | 2003 | Tokens and Tallies Through the Ages | Witham, Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 31 | ||
| Fletcher, E. and Payne, G. | 2005 | Leaden Tokens and Tallies: Roman to Victorian | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 76 & 101 |
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