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JETTON
Unique ID: LIN-C9AC12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy post-medieval jetton of an anonymous issuer. Lion of St Mark type of Nuremberg. AD c.1490-c.1585.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1585
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.08 g
Diameter: 26.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Site 3: 15
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Lion of St Mark
Type: Unknown (M1093-1120a) - Anonymous stock: c. 1490 - c. 1585
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Winged lion of St Mark, clasping the Gospels in right paw. Double halo around head.
Obverse inscription: crownIESVCRGIESVCRG(BA)[...]
Reverse description: Reichsapfel (orb) within trilobe.
Reverse inscription: crownIESV[...]GR[...]GIESV
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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