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TOKEN
Unique ID: WAW-4AA366
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval (c. 1500 to 1900) lead or lead alloy token:
The design, on one face, consists of a six-petalled flower with a pellet between most petals- Powell Type 1. The reverse is undecorated. The surface is a mottled dark grey colour and the token is laminating slightly at the edges. The token measure 28.14mm long, 27.48mm wide, 3.37mm thick, weighing 6.7g.
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 (1500-1850AD), 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 19th centuries.
Powell, D. 2012 'The 18th century Sophistication of the Stock Design'Lead Token TelegraphIssue 86.
Class: Lead
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: Exactly AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.14 mm
Width: 27.48 mm
Thickness: 3.37 mm
Weight: 6.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Tanworth-in-Arden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1070
Four figure Latitude: 52.3280039
Four figure longitude: -1.85468693
1:25K map: SP1070
1:10K map: SP17SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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