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Description: | A complete Lead or Lead Alloy Unifaced Token of the Late Medieval to Post Medieval period, dating to AD 1400 - AD 1800.The token is circular in plan and rectangular in section. The obverse is decorated with a possible five or six petalled flower, consisting of lozenge shaped petals made up of raised lines, with a pellet in each petal. (Powell Type: 1 possibly). The reverse is undecorated apart from a raised border, but this could be a casting irregularity rather than a form of decoration.The token measures 28.1 mm in diameter. It is 4.0 mm thick and weighs 16.8 g.The token is a mid grey in colour and has an even patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail.Lead tokens are a frequently occurring find, with a variety of different designs. Tokens like this, were used as tallies or as replacement low denomination coinage during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. Other similar examples of this type of token have been recorded on the database including WMID-DE2DF4, WMID-2EAF74 and WMID-AE2073.
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