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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-790531
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A probable Post Medieval lead token with the letters G F on the obverse with an illegible inscription; the reverse has what appears to be a cornucopia type design but is unclear. Circa AD 1500 to 1850 but probably c.17th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.37 mm
Weight: 6.13 g
Diameter: 21.4 mm
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: Y529
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
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: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3992
Four figure Latitude: 51.625472
Four figure longitude: -1.438006
1:25K map: SU3992
1:10K map: SU39SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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