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JETTON
Unique ID: HAMP-A94DEE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval 'anonymous issue' stock rose/ orb jetton (with 'normal' orb), struck at Nuremberg, c.1500-1550. The jetton is worn and bent.
Reference: Mitchiner 1988, 381-6.
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: 1.55 g
Diameter: 21.7 mm
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Katie Hinds
Identified by: Ms Katie Hinds
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 273
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Jetton/ token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Unknown (M1190-1286c, 1294-1298) - Anonymous stock: c. 1490 - c. 1585
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis around central rosette.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a double trefoil.
Reverse inscription: OIV[...] fictitious
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
To be known as: Ringwood
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
- Mitchiner, M., 1988 Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg London: Hawkins Publications 381-6
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