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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-6B182E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Cast unifaced circular lead alloy token. The token is decorated on the obverse side with the initial in capital M or W. The reverse is blank. The token is 15.22 mm in diameter, 1.80 mm thick and weighs 2.2 grams. Lead tokens with simple designs are very easy to make and continued in use for a long period; those with initials are generally thought to date to the post medieval period. (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: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 15.22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th August 2014
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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: Stone cum ebony
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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