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TOKEN
Unique ID: DOR-96F46B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A biface cast lead token. Both faces carry relief designs of stylised quadrupeds, probably horses. On one face the animal is depicted trotting right, front left leg raised. On the other face the animal is depicted gallopping left with all legs outstretched in the manner of the "flying gallop" seen paintings of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, possibly indicating a date for this token. Powell Classification, type 19.
Date: Modern - 1750 - 1850
Diameter: 18.52mm
Thickness: 2.99mm.
Weight: 3.57g.
Class: Lead token
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.99 mm
Weight: 3.57 g
Diameter: 18.52 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017522
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 West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Blandford St. Mary (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8502
Four figure Latitude: 50.81734843
Four figure longitude: -2.21429451
1:25K map: ST8502
1:10K map: ST80SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell, D. | 2010 | Powell Classification System for Lead Tokens | London | London Numismatic Club | 19 |
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