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TOKEN
Unique ID: LVPL-4DE675
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy uniface token dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is circular in plan. The object is decorated with a moulded and styalised B in the centre. Over the top part of the B is a circular pellet while there is a smaller pellet with the lower half of the b and to the left of it. Surrounding the letter is an internal border from which a series of moulded lines radiate outwards towards the edge of the face. The rear of the object is undecorated and has a slight rim. The object has a dark grey patina.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.21 mm
Weight: 31.9 g
Diameter: 30.51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012
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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: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wimslow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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