Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-90DE26
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete Cast unifaced circular lead token. The token is decorated on the obverse side with the initial of a capital W with two pellets one above and three below the W. The reverse is blank. The token is 19.35mm in diameter, 2.86mm thick and weighs 5.0grams. Lead tokens with simple designs are very easy to make and continued in use for a long period; those with initials are generally thought to date to the post medieval period. (1550-1800 AD).
Class: powell type 2
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.86 mm
Weight: 5 g
Diameter: 19.35 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th September 2011
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Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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