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TOKEN
Unique ID: IOW-D5C1E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval to Modern circular double-sided lead token (c. 1500-c. 1850)
It has a raised design on each side. One side has a letter: T (probably) and the other side is unclear due to corrosion and wear. Diameter: 21.6mm. Weight: 3.24g.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are generally thought to be post-Medieval to Modern in date, c.1500-1850 AD.
Class: double-sided
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.24 g
Diameter: 21.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-4-285
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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