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JETTON
Unique ID: SOM-2A69A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy 'rose/orb' stock jetton with fictitious legends, issued at Nuremberg by anonymous issuer, c.1500-50. Mitchiner (1988) pp.377-81. There are chips down one edge which have removed c.5% of the flan.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 24.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 020871
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rose encircled by three lis alternating with three crowns, the crowns each have three annulets on the points
Obverse inscription: &OPNDOVOEBT&ODEV , Fictitious legend
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross, within a tressure comprised of three arches alternating with three points
Reverse inscription: [...]B[...]ONDOV[...]BAT&ENP , Fictitious legend
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alverdiston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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