JETTON

Unique ID: SF-0BEFA5

Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy jetton. Both obverse and reverse are very worn and the jetton has been pierced.

Obverse: PIETATE ET IVSTITIA Two columns with an oval shield containing three fleur de lys surmounted by a crown between them. To either side laurel sprays rising from a cornucopia and below the exergue another laurel spray.

Reverse: []TERRI[]LIS[] Image not visible and no parallel can be found for the legend.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1580
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 2.41 g
Diameter: 28.64 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Justine Biddle - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Justine Biddle - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Numismatic data

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Forest Heath
To be known as: Nr Bury St Edmunds

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

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