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TOKEN
Unique ID: WMID-54A52D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead or lead alloy unifaced token of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1400 to AD 1800).
The token is sub circular in shape and slightly bent. The obverse depicts a probable tree, with a central vertical ridge. Two small diagonal lines are present at the base and six (three to either side) are present at the top (Powell type 17). The reverse is plain and undecorated.
The token has a diameter of 22.9 mm and is 3.3 mm thick. It weighs 9.6 g.
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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 9.6 g
Diameter: 22.9 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: Probable tree. Central vertical line. Six upward diagonal lines at the top (three to either side). Two downward diagonal lines (one on either side). Powell type 17.
Obverse inscription: -
Reverse description: plain / undecorated
Reverse inscription: -
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wyre Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Rock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7769
Four figure Latitude: 52.31861605
Four figure longitude: -2.33884397
1:25K map: SO7769
1:10K map: SO76NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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