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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-07D638
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval lead token, circa 17th to 18th Century AD. The obverse has the initials T H with what appears to be a representation of the edge-on view of a hand showing the thumb and forefinger. The Obverse has a square with lines from corner to corner forming a cross or X shape division.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.1 g
Diameter: 21.87 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd September 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tkt 243
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
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: Letcombe Bassett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3686
Four figure Latitude: 51.571726
Four figure longitude: -1.481956
1:25K map: SU3686
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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