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TOKEN
Unique ID: SWYOR-82759E
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy artefact, possibly a token of later Medieval or early Post-Medieval date, about AD 1400 - 1650. At a mass of 13.81gm (0.487oz) it may also have been intended as a crude half ounce weight. It is flat and sub-oval in plan and both sides are decorated with a roughly incised pattern in the form of a star with arms of rocker arm (wiggle work) pattern. One side has a star of six arms, the other has eight arms. The token has a dark cream patina. It is 28.5mm long, 24.9mm wide and 3.1mm thick.
One other token with rocker arm decoration can be found on the database at reference HESH-0E6DE2.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.5 mm
Width: 24.9 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 13.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Wednesday 18th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2532
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Burn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6129
Four figure Latitude: 53.75380349
Four figure longitude: -1.07635115
1:25K map: SE6129
1:10K map: SE62NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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