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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-097AEB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead-alloy uniface token dating from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period, c. AD 1500-1800. Powell type 9. The token is blank on one face, but its other side has been decorated with a geometric design comprising of linear intersecting lines. The object is well preserved, being dark grey in colour with an even patina over most of its surfaces. There is a very small slit just off centre of the token which is visible from both sides. It measures 27.47mm in diameter, 2.62mm thick and weighs 7.8 g.
Similar objects appear on the PAS :- PUBLIC-88D54C, SUSS-AEE417, WMID-07FC8C
Notes:
Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were easy to manufacture and circulate; they are therefore difficult to date exactly but those with simple designs are given a wider date range of Medieval to Post Medieval.
Class: Powell Type 9
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.62 mm
Weight: 7.8 g
Diameter: 27.47 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 13th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Great Maplestead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8135
Four figure Latitude: 51.98396735
Four figure longitude: 0.63433578
1:25K map: TL8135
1:10K map: TL83NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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