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JETTON

Unique ID: SWYOR-92AD65

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy jetton of Nuremberg of the ‘French Shield’ type dating from c. 1500-1525. The flan has been pierced at 5 o’clock on the obverse and there is also a crack in the flan at 1 o’clock. It is 29mm in diameter and 0.9mm thick. It weighs 3.25gm. For reference see Mitchiner, Vol. 1, No. 1069.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1525

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 3.25 g
Diameter: 29 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th January 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A shield of France charged with three fleurs-de-lis, surmounted by a crown that interrupts the legend. There is a vertical row of three annulets on each side of the shield. The legend is fictitious.
Obverse inscription: GVBVRE (????)VBGRV GRGVR
Reverse description: An imperial orb surmounted by a cross, within an ornamental tressure that has three arches. The legend is again fictitious.
Reverse inscription: NOVGI (???) VGNOVB GVGNO(?)
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Walesby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6770
Four figure Latitude: 53.22283323
Four figure longitude: -0.99794331
1:25K map: SK6770
1:10K map: SK67SE
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

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		1069

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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