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JETTON
Unique ID: IOW-CD1158
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An almost complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy jetton of Nuremberg (c. 1450-c. 1640).
Obverse: [ ]; Three crowns, alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose, all within a circle
Reverse: [ ]; Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée within a double stranded tressure of three arches, all within a circle
This token is very thin and there is some loss of material around the circumference.
This token is very thin and there is some loss of material around the circumference.
Diameter: 20.2mm. Weight: 0.73g.
Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medalets & Tokens, Volume 1. Seaby: London.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1640
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.73 g
Diameter: 20.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-335
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Not further defined
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns, alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose, all within a circle
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée within a double stranded tressure of three arches, all within a circle
Reverse inscription: [ ]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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