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JETTON
Unique ID: SOM-C537C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg Jetton, issued by an unclear, but probably named, Master, dating to c. AD 1550-1650. Rose /Orb type, depicting a rose surrounded by three fleur-de-lis alternating with three crowns on the obverse and the imperial orb within a three arched tressure on the reverse. Probably three pairs of pellets on the outside tressure.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.94 g
Diameter: 21.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2017 - Sunday 29th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 0190207
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Not further defined
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Central rose surrounded by three fleu-de-lis and three crowns alternating
Obverse inscription: [...]BE[...]
Reverse description: Imperial orb within three-arched tressure, probably with three pairs of pellets outside.
Reverse inscription: [...]IN (quatrefoil)[...]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Tarrant Crawford CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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