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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-597509
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Post Medieval 'Rose/orb' jetton, possibly of Hans Shultes I, dating to AD 1553-1584. Obverse: Rose surrounded by three fleur-de-lis alternating with three crowns; fictitious legend. Reverse: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross within an ornamental tressure that has three main arches; three pair of pellets outside the tressure; fictitious legend. Pierced with a rectangular hole, probably counting mark.
Cf Mitchener (1988, p. 403, nos. 1363passim)
Diameter: 25.89 mm
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 1.57 g
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 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1584
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 1.57 g
Diameter: 25.89 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th May 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Hans Schultes I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Hans Schultes I (M1336-1376): 1553-1584
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rose surrounded by three fleur-de-lis alternating with three crowns.
Obverse inscription: fictitious
Reverse description: Orb surmounted by a cross within an ornamental tressure that has three main arches.
Reverse inscription: fictitious
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Parham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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