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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUR-469EDC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy token, probably a local trade token or farthing from the Marlborough area in Wiltshire dating to the 17th century.
Obverse has design of a a crenelated stone tower in the central field with solid line border, and legend [...] MARLBROVGH. Reverse has design of a Bull or other quadruped facing left within a solid line border. The inscription is largely illegible, however there is a date year, possible 1668.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ogbourne St. Andrew (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1473
Four figure Latitude: 51.45580922
Four figure longitude: -1.79989901
1:25K map: SU1473
1:10K map: SU17SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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