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JETTON

Unique ID: BERK-8B1C41

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy post-medieval rose/orb jetton. The jetton has a nonesensical legend and dates from c. AD 1550-1699.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ashmolean Museum ID service 4/5-6

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Issuer: Anonymous master period
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Anonymous master period: c. 1550 - c. 1700
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse inscription: NAKO(?S(?)[ ]NAIV[
Reverse description: Imperial orb
Reverse inscription: C(?)AV[ ]AVCS[ ]LK

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Cherwell district

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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