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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-E83838
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn silver coin of the post-medieval period. The coin has been rubbed clean on both faces, and some attempt has been made to bend the outer edges. It seems likely therefore that this is a 'love token' a gift between lovers (or so it is thought). The size of the coin suggests that it may have been a fourpence of Charles II (AD 1670-1684).
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Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1670
Date to: Circa AD 1684
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WWEDTOCT13.DS057
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Lockinge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4288
Four figure Latitude: 51.58929397
Four figure longitude: -1.39514884
1:25K map: SU4288
1:10K map: SU48NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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