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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-E3FEC1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token. Powell Type 18. The token has a stylized raised design of a bird standing with a star above. The reverse is plain. The token measures 16.80 mm in diameter, 1.74 mm thick and weighs 3.9 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely, although it is likely that this form is of late Medieval - Post Medieval date, c. 1450-1800 AD.
Class: Powell type 18
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.74 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Diameter: 16.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th March 2018
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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: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Tenterden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8731
Four figure Latitude: 51.0479063
Four figure longitude: 0.66646678
1:25K map: TQ8731
1:10K map: TQ83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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