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JETTON
Unique ID: DOR-7E762C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Nuremberg jetton of an anonymous issuer dating to c.1500 - 1550. Rose/orb type with pairs of pellets around the reverse tressure.
Reference: Similar to Mitchiner, page 382, numbers 1233 to 1236
Date: Post Medieval
Diameter: 24.6 mm
Weight: 1.40 g
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 24.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 016490
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Unknown (M1190-1286c, 1294-1298) - Anonymous stock: c. 1490 - c. 1585
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns with three fleurs de lis around a five petalled rose.
Obverse inscription: [---]VOI VE[---]
Reverse description: Orb with a cross in a three arched tressure. Pairs of pellets outside the tressure
Reverse inscription: [---]VOI[---]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley (Civil Parish)
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd | page 382 | Nos. 1233 - 1236 |
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