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JETTON
Unique ID: SUR-1783D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Wolf Laufer I, 1554-1601. Mitchiner 1673.
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 1554
Date to: Circa AD 1601
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.78 g
Diameter: 21.38 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B17-573
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Wolf Lauffer I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Wolf Lauffer I (M1672-1679): 1554-1601
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A crown and lys
Obverse inscription: WVLF LAVFER IN NVRNBE
Reverse description: An orb and trilobe
Reverse inscription: WER GOT VER TRAVT HAT
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Watlington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6993
Four figure Latitude: 51.63158966
Four figure longitude: -1.00448728
1:25K map: SU6993
1:10K map: SU69SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 | 1673 |
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