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JETTON
Unique ID: LANCUM-97B43A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late medieval or early post-medieval jetton fragment, very worn. Orb. Nuremberg. Issuer unknown.
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Rose and orb
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.1 mm
Weight: 0.49 g
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0231/4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Jetton / token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: illegible
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Rose and orb
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Swaffham Prior
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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