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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-705896
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy tally or token, probably dating to the 16th or 17th century. The token has a crude letter E or M within a slightly raised circular border on one face while the other is plain. There is a slight spur protruding from one edge of the token and this may be where it was connected to other tokens in a mould before being clipped apart. It is unclear what these tokens were used for but one suggestion is that they were agricultural tallies.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1699
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.06 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 17.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011 - Wednesday 7th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.311
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Chinnor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7601
Four figure Latitude: 51.702605
Four figure longitude: -0.901633
1:25K map: SP7601
1:10K map: SP70SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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