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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-6E7AAB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of the Rose Orb type, dating c. 1500-1550. Anonymous stock issue with nonsense legends.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 23.88 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 30th April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Unknown (M1190-1286c, 1294-1298) - Anonymous stock: c. 1490 - c. 1585
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Crowns and fleurs alternating around central rose
Obverse inscription: BCNOL[...]ENOLE[...]OB[...]
Reverse description: Imperial orb in trilobe
Reverse inscription: [........]OB
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Blythburgh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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