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TOKEN
Unique ID: BERK-C8CFAA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy token or tally dated (AD) 1701. The token is bifacial with the obverse depicting an animal, possibly a cow, advancing left with head facing and tail upright. The body of the animal has cross-hatched patterning and is curved. There is a saltire above the animal's back. At the top of the token is a panel of linear decoration in the form of a horizontal ladder. The whole design is contained within a raised circular border The reverse of the token is divided into three sections; the ladder panel at the top and bottom of the token with the issuer's initials and a date between, each within it's own panel over two lines. The initials read T B and the date reads 1701.
This is the fourth token of the hatched cow design from the same area. Token BERK-0B82DD has the initials T C and the date 1690, token ESS-6AE150 has the initials R W and the date 1693, and token SUSS-5C4021 has the initials K (?) and the date 1692. All were found within a three kilometers (two miles) radius. While the initials and dates on all tokens differ, the hatched cow design indicates a common and local theme. The initials may represent local landowners and the image of a (probable) cow may be a reference to cattle farming. Further research is underway.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Oxfordshire Museums Service
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1701
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Diameter: 21.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2016.305
Museum accession number: OXCMS : 2019.29
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: Fyfield and Tubney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4298
Four figure Latitude: 51.67920152
Four figure longitude: -1.39395229
1:25K map: SU4298
1:10K map: SU49NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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