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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-802D75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy post-medieval token or tally. The token is uniface depicting what appears to be a stylised tree with flowers or berries (Powell Type 17). This token probably dates from c. AD 1500-1700. Their exact use is still debated but they may be agricultural tallies or tokens, or possibly game pieces.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.17 mm
Weight: 8.5 g
Diameter: 23.65 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.610
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
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.
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