JETTON

Unique ID: WMID-4537F4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Nuremberg Jeton, mid 16th to early 17th century, brass - possibly manufactured by a member of the Laufer family. Worn condition with partially illegible inscription and design barely evident to obverse and reverse.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1625

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Quantity: 1

Personal details

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Identified by: Jane Stewart - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Fineware [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Jetton/ token data

Denomination: Uncertain [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Three crowns alternating with fleur de lys around rose
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Orb in quatrefoil
Reverse inscription: Illegible

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands
County: Staffordshire
District: Lichfield
Parish: Wall

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK0907
Four figure Latitude: 52.660648 Four figure longitude: -1.868373
1:25K map: SK0907
1:10K map: SK00NE
WOEID: 26222
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]

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