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TOKEN
Unique ID: WILT-D64956
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead post-medieval token dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1800. Powell type 2. The token is circular in plan and features on one side the letters R and E facing backwards with a circular pellet in between them. The reverse of the token features the letters R and C, again facing backwards and with a central pellet between them.
The token measures 16.59mm in diameter and weighs 3.07g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.07 g
Diameter: 16.59 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4171
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: R and E facing backwards with a cental pellet in between.
Reverse description: R and C facing backwards with a cental pellet in between.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3302
Four figure Latitude: 51.71576402
Four figure longitude: -1.52373669
1:25K map: SP3302
1:10K map: SP30SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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