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Unique ID: HAMP-314276
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A worn and incomplete copper-alloy English jetton of medieval date. This attribution is made by approximation to the closest similar jettons; such a type does not appear in the literature searched. Although the lion rampant is a device used on Sienese (Mitchiner 1988, 151) and Flemish (Mitchiner 1988, 250ff.) jettons, the border used (a ?ten-arched tressure) would seem more consistent with English types, particularly a pair illustrated in Mitchiner (1988, 118-119; refs. 255, 255a). The lion can therefore be described as a royal Plantagenet device (Mitchiner 1998, 79); the reverse design is consistent with English jettons. It is perhaps safest to give a broad date of c. 1280-1400 to this pictorial casting counter: Mernick and Algar's Class B (Saunders ed. 2001, 218ff.); Berry's Type 4 (ibid., 220; ref. 27). On the basis of the closest examples (Mitchiner 1988, 118-119; refs. 255, 255a) a date range of c. 1350-1400 might be tentatively attributed. The jetton feature a central punch to the obverse face, as per most of the contemporary published examples (see Saunders ed. 2001, 218).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.95 mm
Width: 19.9 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 2.75 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th March 2006
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Other reference: E1549
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Class: English
Group: Mid to late 14th Century
Type: Other - Unknown: c. 1350 - c. 1380
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rampant lion facing left surrounded by pellets within a nine-arched tressure; radiating lines from tressure and pellets in border
Obverse inscription: ?SV
Reverse description: Elaborate cross fleury with crowned pellet in each angle
Reverse inscription: None?
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 79, 118-119, 151, 250ff. | 255, 255a | |
Saunders, P. | 2001 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3 | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | 218ff., 220 | 27 |