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JETTON
Unique ID: KENT-78C148
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg Rose/Orb type jetton struck by Hans Schultes I (AD1553 - AD1584). Obverse: Lion of St Mark standing left, nimbate and winged, holding book of gospels in right fore-paw; Reverse: Imperial orb surmounted by cross patty within a tressure of three arches. Legends illegible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1584
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 10.19 g
Diameter: 27.6 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Swale (District)
Parish or ward: Faversham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR0160
Four figure Latitude: 51.30362096
Four figure longitude: 0.88214226
1:25K map: TR0160
1:10K map: TR06SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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