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JETTON
Unique ID: DUR-9A5654
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn and fragmented copper alloy jetton of the Rose and Orb type dating to the period AD 1562 to 1635.
The obverse depicts three lis arranged in a circle and alternating with three crowns. The reverse depicts an imperial orb surmounted by a cross within a tressure of arches. This "rose and orb" type is typically from the mints at Nuremburg.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1562
Date to: Circa AD 1635
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.48 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 20.25 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis arranged alternately around a central rose.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Orb surmounted by a cross within a tressure of three main arches.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Gidding (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1283
Four figure Latitude: 52.433513
Four figure longitude: -0.354006
1:25K map: TL1283
1:10K map: TL18SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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