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Unique ID: SUR-95362B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post-Medieval pewter Lyon counter, dating to 1574-1590. Obverse: Rampant lion (left) with garter; crowned. Legend: HONI . SOIT - MAL . Y . PEN. Reverse: Crowned oval French shield bearing three fleurs de lis, placed between two crowned pillars; leafy sprays around. As Mitchiner 4642-4648.

Notes:

This type of token is associated with the order of the garter and Henri III of France in particular, who was invested as knight of the garter in AD 1575. They have been given the name 'Lyon' counters because they can be identified with the 'Lyon' counters cited in the Hengrave (Suffolk) Book of Expenses for April 1583 (Barnard, 1916: 86). These counters form one of the three major series of Elizabethan counters (Exchequer counters, Lyon counters and Crowned Rose counters). Although the majority have been found in London, they circulated across a wide area of the Home Counties during the 1570' to 1590's.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1574
Date to: Circa AD 1590

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 20.9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th August 2020

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rampant lion (left) with garter; crowned.
Obverse inscription: HONI . SOIT - MAL . Y . PEN
Reverse description: Crowned oval French shield bearing three fleurs de lis, placed between two crowned pillars; leafy sprays around.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Sands End (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ2676
Four figure Latitude: 51.46894801
Four figure longitude: -0.18738052
1:25K map: TQ2676
1:10K map: TQ27NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Mudlarking
General landuse: Other

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
Mitchiner, M.	1998	Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: Volume 3 British Isles Circa 1558 to 1830	London	Hawkins Publications

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Created: 3 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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