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JETTON
Unique ID: KENT-DACA7E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post-Medieval 'Rose and Orb' jetton of an uncertain issuer, c. 16th - 17th Century AD.
Obverse: Three crowns and three lis arranged around a central rose, all within an inner circle.
Reverse: Possible Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within an inner circle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.85 g
Diameter: 24 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis arranged around a central rose, all within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: SS WMI[---]MAR [---]
Reverse description: An Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double-stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: [---] NSKSRIH[P]LD
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Boughton Malherbe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8748
Four figure Latitude: 51.20060484
Four figure longitude: 0.67527809
1:25K map: TQ8748
1:10K map: TQ84NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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