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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-7D4797
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy token or counter, dating from the medieval period. The token is uniface, the design being an equal-armed cross in the centre of one face with a border of multiple lines surrounding it. The token is complete but is slightly bent. Token of this type date from c. AD 1350 to 1500, and may be related to monastic production and control over goods and services (see Fletcher 2005:22).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.96 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
Diameter: 26.33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.602
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: SP7600
Four figure Latitude: 51.693616
Four figure longitude: -0.901851
1:25K map: SP7600
1:10K map: SP70SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher, E. and Payne, G. | 2005 | Leaden Tokens and Tallies: Roman to Victorian | Essex | Greenlight Publishing |
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