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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-6EBB02
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast circular unifaced lead alloy token, dating to the Post Medieval period. The obverse of the token is decorated with the raised initals 'CS' the 'S' in retrograde (backwards) in the centre with a pellet between. The reverse is blank. The token measures 16.01mm in diameter, 2.23mm thick and weighs 3.6 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely but those with initials are thought to be Post Medieval in date (1550-1800 AD).
Class: powell type 2
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.23 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
Diameter: 16.01 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th December 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Tenterden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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