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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-782096
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token (1250-1800 AD) powell type 3. The token has a raised design of ramdon lines and pellets on the obverse and a flat, undecorated reverse. It measures 18.07 mm in diameter,1.56 mm thick and weighs 3.4 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1800 AD).
Class: Powell type 9
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: 1.56 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 18.07 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th September 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
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: 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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