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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-A5B6AE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast, lead alloy uniface token, dating to c. AD 1250-1800; Powell type 14. The token is decorated on one side with a raised cross. The other side is undecorated and flat. The token is a white colour. The token is an irregular thickness, and is thicker on one edge. It measures 16.4mm in diameter, is 5.1mm thick on the maximum edge, and weighs 7.1g.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were easy to manufacture and circulate; they are therefore difficult to date exactly but those with simple designs are given a wider date range of Medieval to Post Medieval.
Class: Powell type 14
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 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 7.1 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
Parish or ward: Ewhurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7821
Four figure Latitude: 50.96092944
Four figure longitude: 0.53330584
1:25K map: TQ7821
1:10K map: TQ72SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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