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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-E9C886
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval or Post medieval cast lead alloy uniface circular token, c. 1250-1800 AD. The token is slightly bent and has a long cross pattern to one side and the other side is blank. It is possible that a pellet might have been placed in each quadrant of the cross, but due to surface wear, this is uncertain. It weighs 6.4 grams, 18.58 mm in diameter and 3.08 mm thick. Lead tokens were often locally made and had a variety of uses.They are therefore hard to date precisely, but those with simple designs of crosses are believed to have originally mimicked the designs produced on coinage of the Medieval period. Tokens designed with the simple crosses seem to have continued in usage throughout both the Medieval and Post Medieval periods, therefore a general date of c. 1250-1800 AD has been suggested.
Class: Powell type 14
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.08 mm
Weight: 6.4 g
Diameter: 18.58 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2012
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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.
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