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JETTON
Unique ID: LIN-63CD48
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1525
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Stylised ship.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Four lis in lozenge.
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Spilsby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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