Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-F12EBF
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token (1250-1800 AD). The token a raised design of the star of David with a pellet at its center, the reverse is undecorated and flat. It measures 17.52 mm in diameter, 2.47 mm thick and weighs 3.4 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1800 AD).
Class: powell type 15
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.47 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 17.52 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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