SOM-0BF488: Post Medieval Jetton

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JETTON

Unique ID: SOM-0BF488

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A copper alloy jetton of rose/orb type, produced in Nuremberg, Germany, between c. 1500-85.

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 1585

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.37 g
Diameter: 24.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th September 2007

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Corfe Castle Rally reference 862

Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Orb within a three arch tressure
Obverse inscription: ...DVED...
Reverse description: Rose with three crowns and three fleur de lis
Reverse inscription: ...OBIV...
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
To be known as: Corfe Castle

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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