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JETTON

Unique ID: YORYM-33D147

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval copper-alloy English jetton. Lion type depicting a lion passant, Berry type 5, Mernick reference 4g.2.2, dating to c. 1280-c. 1340. Mint uncertain.

The jetton is pierced at its centre.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1340

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 22.6 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Group: Sterling/allied
Type: 5 Lion/s passant (inc. in shield) (M178-179, 181, 183, 198-200, 212-214) - Unknown: c. 1280 - c. 1340
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Passant lion left, holding orb and a cross behind/above within a border of flowers
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Long cross moline, three pellet clusters in angles, within a border of flowers
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Folkton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA0479
Four figure Latitude: 54.19622055
Four figure longitude: -0.4073885
1:25K map: TA0479
1:10K map: TA07NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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