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TOKEN
Unique ID: HAMP-AC8D96
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval lead token with the initials T.C one one side (hatching above) and H.A on the other (hatching above). The token measures 21mm in diameter, 1.7mm in thickness and weighs 4.93g. It has been cast.
Reference: see Mitchiner 5423 et seq.
Notes:
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 but those with initials are thought to date c. 1500-1850.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 4.93 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Sunday 31st August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Museums Entry Form 4274
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: T.C , hatching above
Reverse description: H.A , hatching above
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Kings Somborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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