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JETTON
Unique ID: HESH-C492C0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1586
Date to: AD 1635
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 20.4 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Imperial orb within a tressure of three arches and three angles
Obverse inscription: [H]ANNS K[RAV]W[IC]KEL IN NV[RG]
Reverse description: Three crowns, alternately with three lis, arranged around a central rose
Reverse inscription: [GOTES] SEGEN MACHT REICH
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: 0
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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