Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-73D62B
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead-alloy circular unifaced token of Powell type 1 (c. AD 1250-1800). The token has a raised design of a flower made of five pointed oval petals radiating out from the centre. It measures 15.4 mm in diameter, 3.0mm thick and weighs 4.61 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.
Class: Powell type 1
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1250
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.61 g
Diameter: 15.4 mm
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Other reference: SCC receipt 19286
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
4 Figure: ST3534
Four figure Latitude: 51.1016009
Four figure longitude: -2.92971525
1:25K map: ST3534
1:10K map: ST33SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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