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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-0BEFA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy jetton. Both obverse and reverse are very worn and the jetton has been pierced.
Obverse: PIETATE ET IVSTITIA Two columns with an oval shield containing three fleur de lys surmounted by a crown between them. To either side laurel sprays rising from a cornucopia and below the exergue another laurel spray.
Reverse: []TERRI[]LIS[] Image not visible and no parallel can be found for the legend.
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 1580
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.41 g
Diameter: 28.64 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Nr Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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