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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-6C8773
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A moulded or cast lead alloy token, or tally, possibly for gaming. The token is bifacial; one side depicts what may be a crude representation of a stag's head, surrounded by a border of short radiating lines, which in turn is surrounded by an outer border of inward pointing triangles. The reverse has a small raised central pellet which is surrounded by groups of alternating radiating lines, reminiscent of windmill sails or wheel spokes, set at opposing angles. It is unclear exactly what the aretfacts were used for, and indeed dating them is also quite subjective, but assuming the feature in the centre of the obverse is a stag, similar depictions can be found on 13th century seal matrices. Later lead tokens become more plain by the 16th and 17th century, and those depicting images are often uniface, therefore it is suggested here, based on the above, that this token dates from the medieval period, more specifically 13th-16th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.24 mm
Weight: 5.6 g
Diameter: 22.53 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.744
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Harwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4888
Four figure Latitude: 51.588816
Four figure longitude: -1.308549
1:25K map: SU4888
1:10K map: SU48NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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