JETTON
Unique ID: FAKL-90CE44
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published 
Copper alloy jetton of 'ship penny' type, anonymous issue, (see: Mitchiner 1988, 372-375 for comparable examples) Corroded with much loss of detail, Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1490 - c. AD 1550), perforated with a 3 x 4mm hole.
Obv. Image of a ship, inscription largely lost and possibly ficticious.
Rev. Lozenge-shaped panel containing four lis.
Class: Nuremberg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
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Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Quantity: 1
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Kevin
Leahy
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Identified by: Dr Kevin
Leahy - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: A180
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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Jetton/ token data
Denomination: Jetton [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Standing bird?
Obverse inscription: ] VMVMA [ ?
Reverse description: Square amorial shield, detail lost
Reverse inscription: R.....
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: York
To be known as: Fulford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
References cited
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Created:
Tuesday 8th May 2012
Updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
