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JETTON
Unique ID: WILT-A96746
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval French copper alloy jetton, obverse inscribed IHS in the centre dating to c. 1497 to 1521. The reverse has a single stranded cross fleuretty. See Mitchiner nos. 764-778.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1497
Date to: Circa AD 1521
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.3 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: IHS monogram
Type: (M650, 764-781) - Unknown: c. 1497 - c. 1521
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: IHS in the centre
Reverse description: single stranded cross fleuretty
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: West Hill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications |
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