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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUSS-8A26D3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast uniface circular post-medieval lead token. Powell Type 2 depicting initials, dating to c. 1550-c. 1800. The token is decorated with an initial in capitals C S, the S being retrograde. There is entwined linear decoration above the letters. The reverse is blank.
The token is 17.59 mm in diameter, 1.83 mm thick and weighs 3.8 g. It appears to have suffered minor circumferential losses at various points.
Notes:
Lead tokens with simple designs are very easy to make and continued in use for a long period; those with initials are generally thought to date to the post-medieval period (c. 1550-1800).
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.83 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Diameter: 17.59 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: Initials: C . S, retrograde S, with entwined linear decoration above
Obverse inscription: C . S, retrograde S
Reverse description: None
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
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