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TOKEN

Unique ID: SOM-358034

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An uniface, post-medieval lead-alloy token dating to c AD 1500-1700 (Powell type 12). The token is broadly circular but has damage in places and is slightly bent. The decorated side has a plain equal armed cross extending to the edges of the token and a crude, irregular chevron consisting of three radiating lines in each quarter. The reverse is fairly smooth and was probably plain. The surface is eroded and the patina mostly grey with beige areas. The token weighs 1.85g and has a diameter of 16.0mm and a thickness of 1.3mm..

Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. The decoration on this token appears to fit in Powell type 12, quartered geometric. See PowellClassification for Lead Tokens online at http://www.mernick.org.uk/leadtokens/Classification_System.pdf.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.85 g
Diameter: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd September 2018 - Monday 5th November 2018

Rally details.

This object was found at Detectival 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 17918

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
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: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ascott-under-Wychwood (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2918
Four figure Latitude: 51.85983676
Four figure longitude: -1.5803014
1:25K map: SP2918
1:10K map: SP21NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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