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Unique ID: WAW-27939B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Probable Post Medieval (c. 1500 to 1900) uniface lead token:
The design consists of two low-relief crosses which may have been scored into the surface. The reverse is undecorated. The surface has a developed mid brown patina. The token measures 20.31mm long, 20.49mm wide, 2.56mm thick, weighs 6.47g.
This is possibly a lead token, but it is unusual in its low-relief design. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Medieval in date (1500-1850 AD), those which seem to mimic Medieval penny designs are deemed to be possibly Medieval, the remainder which carry stylised designs remain difficult to date but the majority are probably Post Medieval in date c.1500-1800. Powell (2012) comments that Type 3 is a design which was commonly made stock and occur in large quantities, dating to the late 16th to mid 19th centuries.
Powell, D. 2012 'The 18th century Sophistication of the Stock Design' Lead Token Telegraph Issue 86.
Class: Lead
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1900
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.31 mm
Width: 20.49 mm
Thickness: 2.56 mm
Weight: 6.47 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th June 2015
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Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
4 Figure: SO8194
Four figure Latitude: 52.54351802
Four figure longitude: -2.28159287
1:25K map: SO8194
1:10K map: SO89SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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