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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-D01DF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to Post-medieval uniface lead token decorated with a simple cross. Considerably damaged.Lead tokens are enigmatic are hard to date, but simple crosses may have been imitating Edwardian coinage, or simply represented an unknown object or quantity during later periods where they are assumed to be agricultural tallies.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 1.6 mm
Weight: 4.11 g
Diameter: 17.78 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at West Hanney 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Y378
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Long equal armed cross
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Blank
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4092
Four figure Latitude: 51.625402
Four figure longitude: -1.423561
1:25K map: SU4092
1:10K map: SU49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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