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Unique ID: KENT-41BCAD
Object type certainty: Certain
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A slightly abraded and worn copper-alloy Post-Medieval 'rose/orb' type jetton. Possibly issued by master named Wolf to c.AD 1550-1650.
Obverse: Three crowns alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose. Legend: '+nVOnE[_]n[__]nE[____]'. Reverse: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double tressure of three arches and three points. Legend: '+VOL[F__]VE[___]'.
Measurements: 23.37mm in diameter, 0.52mm thick 0.62g in weight.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.52 mm
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 23.37 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: ree crowns alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose
Obverse inscription: +nVOnE[_]n[__]nE[____]
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double tressure of three arches and three points
Reverse inscription: +VOL[F__]VE[___]
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: TQ8054
Four figure Latitude: 51.25674817
Four figure longitude: 0.57820448
1:25K map: TQ8054
1:10K map: TQ85SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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