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JETTON
Unique ID: BERK-A71791
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn Post Medieval rose and orb type Nuremberg jetton. Further details illegible. Circa 1550-1650 AD. Dimensions: diameter 21.09mm; weight 0.57g
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers Wantage rally 1-2 September 2007
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.57 g
Diameter: 21.09 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Chain Hill (nr Wantage) 07
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tkt 534
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Alternating rose and lys
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Orb in tressure
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Wantage
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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