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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-8A716A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete uniface Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token, dating from c. A 1250-1800. Powell Type 30. One face of the token has a cross and pellet design with one pellet in each quarter, the other side is blank.The token is of a light grey colour.
Diameter 16.28mm. Thickness 2.72mm Weight:3.7 gms.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Therefore those with simple designs are given a more general Medieval to Post Medieval date.
Class: Powell Type 30
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.72 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Diameter: 16.28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
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: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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