Record ID: LON-0B8C36 - POST MEDIEVAL jetton

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JETTON

Unique ID: LON-0B8C36

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post medieval anonymous jetton

A post medieval Nuremburg 'rose and orb' jetton of an uncertain master. Neither the face has a legend and the flan has been mis-struck on one face. It measures 20.1mm (diameter) x 0.5mm (thickness) and weighs 1.13g.

Mitchiner dates similar anonymous rose and orb jettons to the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century AD (1988, 429; cf. 1470ff.).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1625

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.13 g
Diameter: 20.1 mm
Quantity: 1

Jetton/ token data

Denomination: Jetton [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous stock
Mint or issue place: Nuremberg
Obverse description: Three crowns alternating with three roses
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: An orb with three tressures
Reverse inscription: None

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Tower Hamlets
Parish: Tower Hamlets

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ3380
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Kath Creed - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Kath Creed - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Robert Webley - [view all attributed records]

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