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JETTON
Unique ID: SUR-A77CA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Lion of St Mark type.
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 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1585
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.04 g
Diameter: 25.48 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B17-862
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Lion of St Mark
Type: Unknown (M1190-1286c, 1294-1298) - Anonymous stock: c. 1490 - c. 1585
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A lion of St. Mark
Reverse description: An orb and trilobe
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Beech Hill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7064
Four figure Latitude: 51.37075423
Four figure longitude: -0.99578701
1:25K map: SU7064
1:10K map: SU76SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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