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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A1F802
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead uniface token of probable late Medieval or Post-Medieval c.1400-1600. Slightly scuffed and damaged. The obverse has a cross with a pellet in each quadrant. The reverse is plain and flat.
Similar tokens are illustrated by Fletcher (2003, 40) who suggests most of the tokens such as this imitating medieval coin, however simply date to the 15th or 16th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 12.1 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 31st July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sholden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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