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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-6AF6A6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval Nuremberg jetton, of uncertain master. Dating to the period c. AD 1500-1711. Rose/orb type. Obverse: three crowns, alternatively with three Lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose. Obverse legend is illegible. Reverse: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches: no ornaments around tressure. Reverse legend is illegible.
This jetton has been pierced at 12 o'clock through the reverse side (small rectangular perforation).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1711
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.55 mm
Weight: 1.62 g
Diameter: 24.95 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Icklingham 2nd Field
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Anonymous master period
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Anonymous master period (M1462-1472) - Anonymous master period: c. 1550 - c. 1700
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: three crowns, alternatively with three Lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches: no ornaments around tressure.
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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