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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-73ADD4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A post-medieval lead-alloy uniface token, probably dating to the 17th or 18th century AD. The token is flat and circular in shape with a small casting sprue extending from its circumference. The upper surface is decorated with a raised, cross-hatch design. (Powell type 7.) The reverse is blank.
Diameter: 21.70 mm. Weight: 6.38 g.
Similar examples can be found on the PAS database: SUSS-F99525 and LON-B9D3B2.
Notes:
Lead tokens are difficult to date precisely and could be Medieval to Post Medieval in date (1250-1800 AD). The majority of lead tokens are thought to date to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, c. 1600-1800 as increasing numbers of dated tokens are found.
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
Weight: 6.38 g
Diameter: 21.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th February 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Nr Heydon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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