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JETTON

Unique ID: SOMDOR-90A057

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A worn 'rose/orb' jetton produced in Nuremberg between c. 1500-50.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.11 g
Diameter: 24 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th October 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis arranged around a central rose
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée, all in tressure with three main arches
Reverse inscription: Illegible

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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