Early 19th century silver coin and post-medieval lead token, from the Braintree PZ Supply/Demand pipeline (EHER 83375)

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered a silver half-crown of George III.

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Grid reference	TL 75 24 (point) This find is from chainage 2000m-2200m.

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Early 19th century - 1817 AD to 1817 AD)

Description

August 2014-March 2015. Metal detecting. A metal detected find of a silver half-crown of George III during the laying of a pipeline. Also recovered from this area was a lead alloy uniface token of broadly post-medieval date. <1>

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<1> SEX78311 Report: Green, M. and Rees, G.. 2016. Braintree PZ Supply Demand Balance: Bocking to Braintree, Essex - Archaeological Strip, Map and Monitoring. p.23.

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Archaeological Intervention: Archaeological strip, map and monitoring by Oxford Archaeology East on the Braintree PZ pipeline from Bocking to Braintree, 2014-2015 (Ref: BOCAW14) (EEX64277)

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