JETTON

Unique ID: SF-C9C557

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Part of a copper-alloy Rose and Orb jetton. Both obverse and reverse are very worn and the legends are illegible.

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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.13 g
Diameter: 25.15 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Justine Biddle - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Justine Biddle - [view all attributed records]

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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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Jetton/ token data

Denomination: Jetton [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Unclear
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: An Imperial Orb surmounted by a cross pattee, within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
To be known as: Little Blakenham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

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