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JETTON
Unique ID: IOW-23AAA7
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Jetton of the Dutch Republic, issued probably after AD 1648.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1648
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.55 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th January 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2006-12-29
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rampant lion of the Netherlands
Obverse inscription: (illegible ) [....]ET [...]
Reverse description: Citadal with three towers, the lateral two with flames above
Reverse inscription: [...]R D[...] [....]
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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