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TOKEN
Unique ID: OXON-8D9C8D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A crudely manufactured lead alloy token of possible later Roman date (c. AD 250-409). The token is bifacial with one side apparently depicting the bust of a person with radiate style crown or a bird (Bill Dalzell pers. comm.) while the other may depict the right facing head of a person with large nose. The outer borders of the token are raised. For similar see Leaden Tokens Telegraph Feb 2007 page 3 fig 15-16.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2019.051
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Great Shefford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3975
Four figure Latitude: 51.4726262
Four figure longitude: -1.43988537
1:25K map: SU3975
1:10K map: SU37NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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