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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-24DACA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete uniface lead token dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1500 - 1800). The obverse has a raised linear design, like the letter E with its mirrored reverse alongside with another less pronounced linear design above and to the left, forming almost a square handle for the box formed by the two letters E. There is a raised external border around the outside edge of the obverse. The reverse of the token is blank, apart from a slight indentation possibly formed from the formation of the obverse design . The object has a midbrown patina.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 25.15mm in diameter, 2.85mm in thickness and 9.19g in weight.
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.
The Powell classification system, in which there are over 30 categories, attempts to classify these leaden tokens according to the designs featured on each face, but it does not assign any chronology.. Under the powell classification this would be class '2. initials'. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-Medieval in date (1500-1850).
Inscription:
EƎ
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With landowner
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.85 mm
Weight: 9.19 g
Diameter: 25.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th June 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Not further defined
Type: Unknown
Denomination: Token penny
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Lydd (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR0421
Four figure Latitude: 50.95231893
Four figure longitude: 0.90306405
1:25K map: TR0421
1:10K map: TR02SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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