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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-68ED03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn but complete lead alloy token or tally, probably dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval period. The token is bifaced, bearing an unclear design on the obverse, possibly of a bird's head with other designs surrounding it, while an externally spoked wheel with dots within and without decorates the reverse. The token is good quality and was made in a mould. The alloy is more petwer-like than most tokens of the post-medieval period, and this along with the quality and design suggests that it may be earlier, possibly 15th or 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.47 mm
Weight: 8.2 g
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2013 - Thursday 17th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.756
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
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: Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4095
Four figure Latitude: 51.65237486
Four figure longitude: -1.42321913
1:25K map: SU4095
1:10K map: SU49NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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