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JETTON
Unique ID: GLO-1CCBF0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy 'Ship penny' jetton (c. AD 1490-1550). Anonymous issue.
Obverse: Profile of a sailing ship left, bearing a central mast with standing rigging and yard-arm
Reverse: Four fleurs-de-lis in a lozenge
Diameter: 22mm. Weight: 0.51g.
Mitchiner 1988: 365-376.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Friday 1st March 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Profile of a sailing ship left, bearing a central mast with standing rigging and yard-arm
Reverse description: Four fleurs-de-lis in a lozenge
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Charfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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