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BERK-88A7D4: Post-medieval token: Trader's token

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Unique ID: BERK-88A7D4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A mostly illegible copper alloy trader's token (farthing) of the 17th century AD.

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 1648
Date to: Circa AD 1679

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.57 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 14.71 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2012.147

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Illegible
Reverse description: Possibly M R in centre
Reverse inscription: (...)BAIL..*MA(S)A(...)

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: South Oxfordshire

Spatial coordinates


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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Audit data

Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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