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JETTON
Unique ID: BERK-CF7388
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An early 16th century Nuremberg Rose and Orb type jetton. Illegible legends. Uncertain master.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.56 g
Diameter: 19.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th August 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Central rosette surrounded by three lis alternating with three crowns.
Obverse inscription: ilegible
Reverse description: Orb within a tressure
Reverse inscription: ilegible
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Childrey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3484
Four figure Latitude: 51.55386781
Four figure longitude: -1.51100511
1:25K map: SU3484
1:10K map: SU38SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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