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JETTON
Unique ID: HAMP-8B35C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn and corroded 14th-century copper-alloy medieval English jetton, a 'Wardrobe counter', Berry Type 1D, with the Arms of Evreux (c. 1344 - c. 1400 AD; cf. Barnard 57).
This jetton has been bent as a result of old damage.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1344
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.5 mm
Width: 26.1 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3004
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Late Wardrobe
Type: 1D Arms of Evreux - Unknown: c. 1350 - c. 1400
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Shield of Evreux/Navarre dimidiated within an elaborate border of six arches; pellet in each spandrel
Obverse inscription: A[BCDEF]G[hIKLmNOPQRSTVXYZ]
Reverse description: ?Triple-stranded cross with crowned ?letters in each angle
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Amport (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3045
Four figure Latitude: 51.203429
Four figure longitude: -1.571977
1:25K map: SU3045
1:10K map: SU34NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard, F.P. | 1916 | The Casting-Counter and the Counting Board: A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and Early Arithmetic | Oxford | Oxford University Press | 105 | 57 |
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