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Unique ID: SOM-6898F8
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval copper alloy jetton, Lion of St Mark / imperial orb in tressure type, Nuremberg stock type by anonymous issuer, c. AD 1490-1550, cf. Mitchiner 1998, 360-361
Notes:
This item was recorded at a rally and therefore the description and in particular photograph is likely to be below our usual standards.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.95 mm
Weight: 3.36 g
Diameter: 26.65 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2012
This object was found at EDMC, North Curry, 29 Jan 2012
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Other reference: Rally ticket 494
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Winged and nimbate lion standing facing left holding book in right front paw; all within inner circle
Obverse inscription: [...]VD[...]ER
Reverse description: Imperial orb in double trefoil with points (large orb)
Reverse inscription: EV[...]O[...]E[...]VO
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: ST3124
Four figure Latitude: 51.011224
Four figure longitude: -2.984925
1:25K map: ST3124
1:10K map: ST32SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 360-361 |