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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-16CA8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead alloy token or tally of post-medieval date. The token has been cast and it is evident that the two moulds were not correctly aligned as the flans are not equal and do not meet; the obverse of the token bears a nine-spoked wheel or star pattern, the terminals of the arms having rounded knops. The opposing face has the crudely executed initials 'L W'. These objects are probably agricultural tokens or tallies and this example lis likely to date from c. AD 1500-1800.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 9.2 g
Diameter: 21.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2016.113
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: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Near Bicester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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