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TOKEN
Unique ID: ASHM-EDF763
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete but worn lead alloy token or tally of post-medieval date. The token has one one side a six-petalled flower with pellets between each petal. On the opposing side the token is split into three sections; at the top, a line with the number 17 above it; in the centre large initials I D or possibly I B, and at the bottom a line with indeterminable markings (probably two numbers) below. In the late 17th and early 18th century some lead tokens bear their date of manufacture as well as the initials (and suggestion of occupation) of the issuer. The flower design has been suggested to be a play on words and may actually be related to the milling of flour. It is possible that these tokens were a form of payment and advertising, similar to the function of trade tokens of the later 17th century. They appear with a wide variety of designs.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007 - Monday 31st December 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ASHMBD224
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)
To be known as: Childrey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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