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Unique ID: LON-74FDA3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval copper-alloy jetton: German pfennig (penny) by Lauffer, probably minted in Nuremberg (17th century).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.34 g
Diameter: 21.84 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2009
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Bust right.
Obverse inscription: HVD […] ET NAV REX
Reverse description: Crown above square-topped shield
Reverse inscription: […]OHR LAUFFERS RECH PFENING
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
4 Figure: TL5738
Four figure Latitude: 52.018213
Four figure longitude: 0.286542
1:25K map: TL5738
1:10K map: TL53NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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