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Unique ID: BERK-0034BA
Object type certainty: Certain
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A very worn, pierced Late Medieval Rose/Orb jetton of an anonymous Nuremberg maker c. 1500 - 1585 AD. The obverse appears to have three crowns, alternating with three lis, arranged around a central rose. Reverse with Imperial orb surmounted by a cross within a tressure with three main arches. The legends are illegible with a corroded surface.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1585
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.31 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 23.92 mm
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Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Unknown (M1190-1286c, 1294-1298) - Anonymous stock: c. 1490 - c. 1585
Denomination: Jetton
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
4 Figure: SP9506
Four figure Latitude: 51.74465734
Four figure longitude: -0.62540589
1:25K map: SP9506
1:10K map: SP90NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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