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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-FC0845
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy jetton dating to the post-medieval period. The jetton is of rose and orb type but is very badly damaged and thus reading the legends is impossible. It is very fragile, has been bent, has a significant crack and is chipped at its edge. Dating is uncertain but it would eb expected to date between 1550 and 1700. The diameter is 22.66mm and it weighs 0.59g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: 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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.59 g
Diameter: 22.66 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Reference number 12
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous master period
Denomination: Jetton
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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