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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-BC5670
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast uniface sub-circular lead-alloy token dating to the Medieval to post-Medieval periods, c. 1250-1800. Powell type 7. The token is decorated on one side with moulded cross-hatching. The reverse face is flat and undecorated. The token is 19.7 mm in diameter, 1.7 mm thick and weighs 4.9 grams.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore difficult to date precisely and tokens with simple designs could be Medieval or post-Medieval in date (c.m1250-1850).
Class: Powell type 7
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 4.9 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th January 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: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Lewes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4110
Four figure Latitude: 50.87230978
Four figure longitude: 0.0025762
1:25K map: TQ4110
1:10K map: TQ41SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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