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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-59155C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy farthing trade token of seventeenth century date, issued by John Ryland, baker of Oxford, Oxfordshire in AD 1659. Williamson's (Oxfordshire) no. 166.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1659
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.95 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 15.53 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014 - Tuesday 11th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.522
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Baker's peel
Obverse inscription: IOHN RYLAND
Reverse description: R R in centre
Reverse inscription: IN OXON 1659
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Sandford-on-Thames (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5301
Four figure Latitude: 51.70524453
Four figure longitude: -1.23441815
1:25K map: SP5301
1:10K map: SP50SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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