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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-36671E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn cast lead alloy unifaced token of the post-medieval period. The token is decorated on one side only, but it is indistinct; there appears to be the initials W.K ; below the W there may be a date, set slightly to the left of the assumed exergue area. It may say [..]57. The opposing face is blank. This token was found in a field with several others, and is likely to date to the 17th or more likely the 18th 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 1657
Date to: Circa AD 1757
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 23.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2015014
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: Harwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5090
Four figure Latitude: 51.60662366
Four figure longitude: -1.27939794
1:25K map: SU5090
1:10K map: SU59SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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