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Unique ID: BERK-63F374
Object type certainty: Certain
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A pierced copper alloy Post Medieval Jetton, struck in Nuremberg by one of the masters, probably between AD 1550 to 1650 AD. Rose/Orb jetton. The jetton is too worn for further detail to be made out.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.47 g
Diameter: 25.73 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd September 2012
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012
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Other reference: Tkt 142
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Wolf Lauffer I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Wolf Lauffer I (M1672-1679): 1554-1601
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Alternating rose and crowns
Obverse inscription: [...] TINETERN [...]
Reverse description: Imperial orb within tressure
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: SU3685
Four figure Latitude: 51.562735
Four figure longitude: -1.482058
1:25K map: SU3685
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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