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JETTON

Unique ID: SF-0F4135

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy 'Rose and Orb' jetton, possibly of Hans Schultes I (Master 1553; Died 1584). The jetton had been deliberately folded in half, the obverse type now mostly impossible to identify. The reverse type has been double struck. Similar to Mitchiner, 1988: nos. 1345-1351

Evidence of reuse: The jetton has been folded in half

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1584

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.21 g
Diameter: 24.53 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Illegible: probably three crowns and three lis arranged centrifugally around a central rose.
Obverse inscription: HAN[]
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double trefoil and inner circle. Three pairs of pellets in the field, one in each angle of the trefoil.
Reverse inscription: Fictitious: (wedge) IBMOE[]I[]OBIROBI[]BIM:

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Elveden, Suffolk

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mitchiner, M.	1988	Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg	London	Hawkins Publications		nos. 1345-1351

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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