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JETTON
Unique ID: LVPL-5E3ED3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy medieval Nuremberg "Ship penny" jetton dating to the period AD c. 1490-1550. Obverse type depicting a ship, with stern flag on the right and bow pennant on the left. The legend is fictitious.
Reverse type depicting four fleurs-de-lis in a lozenge; fictitious legend.
The jetton has been pierced twice, once in the centre and once below the legend.
A similar example is illustrated in Mitchiner M. (1988), p. 371, no. 1162.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Monday 16th January 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Ship penny
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Ship, with stern flag on the right and bow pennant on the left
Reverse description: Four fleurs-de-lis in a lozenge
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Thoresway
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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