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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D3A052
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token of Powell Type 2. The token is slightly bent; decorated with a raised letter H on one face within two circles; the other face is undecorated. The token measures 17.61 mm diameter and is 1.56 mm thick and weighs 2.81 grams.
Tokens had a wide variety of uses and were easy to manufacture; they are therefore difficult to date precisely outside of archaeological contexts, but those with initials are generally given a Post Medieval date, c.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
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.56 mm
Weight: 2.81 g
Diameter: 17.61 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
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)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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