BERK-60FA66: Allegorical Franco-German Jetton

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JETTON

Unique ID: BERK-60FA66

Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg Franco-Allegorical Jetton circa AD 1619. Mitchiner (1988) nos 1742-1746.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1619

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.17 g
Diameter: 27.59 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010

Rally details.

This object was found at West Hanney 2010

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Y346

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Soldier with a spear and lamp
Obverse inscription: W.LAVF: AVT CAESAR AVT NIHIL
Reverse description: Minerva with a cornucopia and olive branches
Reverse inscription: W.LAV.MATER PACIS CONCORDIA
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: West Hanney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4091
Four figure Latitude: 51.616412
Four figure longitude: -1.423675
1:25K map: SU4091
1:10K map: SU49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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