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JETTON
Unique ID: BH-1E35C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Nuremberg Rose/Orb jetton of one of the Krauwinckel family, dating to the period c. 1500-c. 1700.
Diameter: 21mm; thickness: 0.3mm. Weight: 0.59g.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.59 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/72 - 189
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis alternating around a central rose.
Obverse inscription: ...KRAV]WINCK[EL...
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross, a double tressure of three curves and three angles surrounding.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Hormead
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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