Numbers wouldnt suggest a date I don't think especially since the styling doesnt look too old but I could well be wrong.
Very intrigued tho!
What is this please? - SOLVED by 'Wuntbedruv' Fire Insurance Mark
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Before creating an ID request please note you must:
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Further information will also help, full guidance is below:
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Alex.wilko
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Re: What is this please?
probably had too much wine but is that a face looking left towards another looking right?
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Re: What is this please?
Not sure those are numbers, the 4 looks just like an angle only and the 5 doesn't seem.to follow through fully. Trying to read patinas and part erased detail is enough to send anyone bonkers sometimes. The only common lead messages I have hesrd of are roman, but who knows, certainly intriguing. 
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Re: What is this please?
Could the "5" be an Arabic letter?
Doesnt look like a 5 to me
Doesnt look like a 5 to me
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Re: What is this please?
It's certainly an interesting bit of lead. I'd let the FLO ponder over it.
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Re: What is this please?
I suspect it is a piece of lead guttering taken for reuse. If you do a google search on dated lead guttering you will see some examples. I found a lovely piece several years back regretfully weighed it in with my lead scrap 
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Re: What is this please?
This is part of a lead firemark. I can see the same column designs on yours.
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts ... /id/644097
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts ... /id/644097
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Ordains for each one spot shall prove beloved over all.
Each to his choice, and I rejoice, the lot has fallen to me
In a fair ground—in a fair ground—Yea, Sussex by the sea!