Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-239253
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Evidence of reuse: Perforated in the centre to distinguish from French jettons of the time
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1310
Date to: AD 1343
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th June 2005
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Issuer: Edward III of England
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Border of large pellets amongst wavy lines (foliage?) surrounding facing crowned lion’s head enclosed in circle of small pellets
Obverse inscription: (No inscription)
Reverse description: Long cross moline enclosing two pellets, one at each end, and one rosette in between and one closed quatrefoil in each angle
Reverse inscription: (No inscription)
4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.191633
Four figure longitude: -5.41985
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 110, | No.192 |