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JETTON
Unique ID: SWYOR-A20B05
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post Medieval jetton probably isuues by Hans Schultes I (1553 - 1584), Rose orb type (probably dating from the 1550s). Compare Mitchiner number 1336 onwards (page 400). The jetton is broken and incomplete and the legends are mainly illegible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1559
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.59 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 21.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st June 2012 - Wednesday 12th September 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1978
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Hans Schultes I
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis arranged alternately and centrifugally round a central rose.
Obverse inscription: HAN[...]
Reverse description: orb in a three arched tressure with ornaments in the external angles
Reverse inscription: H[ANS S](CHVLTES)[...]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Everton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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