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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-75EC42
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A uniface Post Medieval lead alloy token. On one side the token has the raised initials WW surrounded by pellets. Powell type 2. The other side is blank. Leaden tokens were used for a variety of purposes. These ranged from small change, to checks and tallies for services rendered such as hop picking. They were in use from the Medieval period into late Post-Medieval. A number of designs exist that were probably produced in London and circulated widely around the production hub, but since lead is so easy to fabricate by far the majority were made by local artisans and were used extensively in more provincial and rural communities. Accordingly there is considerable variation in their design and quality and generally only wide date ranges can be assigned. Some producers typically in the 17th century did include dates as part of the design. The Powell classification system, in which there are over 30 categories, attempts to classify these leaden tokens according to the designs featured on each face, but it does not assign any dating information to the design typology. The suggested date range for this example is circa 1500 -1800 AD. Dimensions: diameter 16.01; Weight 2.71g
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers King Alfred the Great Rally 26-28 Aug 2006
Class: Powell type 2
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.71 g
Diameter: 16.01 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th August 2006
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - King Alfred the Great 06
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket no. Ylo. 299
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: other
Obverse description: WW within a pellet border
Obverse inscription: WW
Reverse description: Illegible
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Letcombe Regis
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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