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JETTON
Unique ID: BH-24E5E9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Nuremberg Rose/orb jetton of uncertain issuer, struck c. 1500 - c. 1650.
Diameter: 22.3mm; thickness: 0.6mm. Weight: 1.07g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.07 g
Diameter: 22.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/61 - 30
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis alternating around a central rose.
Obverse inscription: Illegible.
Reverse description: The Royal orb surmounted by a cross, double tressure of three curves and three angles surrounding.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Braughing
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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