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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-B008F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead alloy token of Medieval or Post Medieval date. Powell Type 1 (Petalled Flowers). One side is decorated with a five petalled flower, the other side is plain. The token is white in colour. It measures 20.27mm in diameter is 1.96mm thick and weighs 6.03g.
Lead alloy tokens had a wide variety of uses and were relatively easy to produce; therefore, they are difficult to date out of archaeological contexts. Therefore, those with simple designs are given a general date of c. AD 1250-1800.
Cf.: Kerridge. R and de Ruiter, R. 2009. The Tokens, Metallic Tickets, Checks and Passes of West Sussex, 1650-1950. Laceys Printers Ltd., p. 233. Similar tokens are recorded on the PAS database; for example: HAMP-872004, HAMP-EA2176, SUSS-816073 and SUSS-CFE6C4.
Class: Powell Type 1
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: 1.96 mm
Weight: 6.03 g
Diameter: 20.27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th February 2013
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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: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2808
Four figure Latitude: 50.857356
Four figure longitude: -0.182779
1:25K map: TQ2808
1:10K map: TQ20NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerridge, R. and de Ruiter, R. | 2009 | The tokens, metallic tickets, checks and passes of West Sussex, 1650-1950. | England | Privately published | 233 | 1 |
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