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JETTON

Unique ID: BH-ACDE62

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy jetton of post-medieval date. Nuremberg jetton probably dating from the mid 16th to late 17th century AD. The object is slightly damaged and corroded. It measures 21.7mm diameter by 0.3mm thick and weighs 0.89g.

Class: Nuremberg

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1675

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.89 g
Diameter: 21.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th September 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ver 04/148 - 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three open crowns and three lys arranged alternately around a rose, within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: GLICK.KVMPT.VON.GOI
Reverse description: The Reichsapfel within a double tressure of three curves and three angles set alternately.
Reverse inscription: No legend. Repeating leaf pattern.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Willington

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: with finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Barnard, F.P.	1916	The Casting-Counter and the Counting Board: A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and Early Arithmetic	Oxford	Oxford University Press	Pl XXXIII_no.82/3

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Recording Institution: BH
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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