LON-8A6453: Post-Medieval Jetton (front)

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JETTON

Unique ID: LON-8A6453

Object type certainty: Possibly
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Flat, sub-octagonal copper-alloy counter with raised border on both sides. One side is stamped with T. BROWN DERBY and the other with BROWN. There is lettering stamped on the border on one side: 'A' and 'A' are on the corners of the left side and '1' in the centre of the right side. The word BROWN on the reverse is unevenly stamped, with larger letters at the end of the word.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Ante AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 33 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 26.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: 4617/16

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Stamped, with lettering on raised border (two As and a 1 visible)
Obverse inscription: T. BROWN DERBY
Reverse description: stamped
Reverse inscription: BROWN

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
Parish or ward: Hambleden (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU7886
Four figure Latitude: 51.567489
Four figure longitude: -0.876035
1:25K map: SU7886
1:10K map: SU78NE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LON
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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