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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-2579E1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy bifaced token, dating from c. AD 1250-1800. Powell Types 3 and 14. The token is decorated on one side with simple intersecting lines creating segments; the other is decorated with a simple cross. The token is of a buff-white overall colour and measures 15.88 mm diameter, 1.69 mm thick and weighs 2.9 grams.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Therefore tokens with simple designs are thought to date to both the Medieval and Post Medieval periods and those with crosses also date to this wider period despite the idea that they were initially created to mimic long cross pennies.
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: 1.69 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 15.88 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
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: 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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