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TOKEN

Unique ID: BERK-9507B6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post-medieval lead token with a sixfoil design on the obverse, any reverse design being hard to discern. AD 1500-1750.

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 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.28 mm
Width: 17.35 mm
Thickness: 2.75 mm
Weight: 5.64 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010

Rally details.

This object was found at West Hanney 2010

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Y 117

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A sixfoil
Reverse description: Indistinct
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4092
Four figure Latitude: 51.625402
Four figure longitude: -1.423561
1:25K map: SU4092
1:10K map: SU49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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