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TOKEN
Unique ID: ESS-481C53
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead token, Medieval-Post Medieval period. Powell Type 1. The obverse is worn but decorated with, what appears to be a five pelleted flower. The reverse is plain.
The token weighs 6.45g, 19.35mm diameter
Read (2001) illustates tokens with similar flower designs (p.135, fig 89, no.945-946)
Reference: Read, B, 2001. 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' Portcullis Publishing. Somerset
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.45 g
Diameter: 19.35 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Much Hadham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4317
Four figure Latitude: 51.83331223
Four figure longitude: 0.0739554
1:25K map: TL4317
1:10K map: TL41NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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