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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-6F4236
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy jeton brooch, created from a medieval jeton type, which is contemporary to sterling bust jetons, 1280-1343 in date. The reverse of this jeton, being the outer face of the brooch, has a cross Moline and a border of pellets. The obverse of the jeton can no longer be seen, apart from a border of pellets, as it is worn and the pin obscures it. The jeton brooch measures 20.5mm in diameter and weighs 3.2g. The pin is attached to the jeton via a single central copper-alloy rivet and consists of a strip. This is tapering and bent over at one end, perhaps forming the catchplate, the other end is curved under to form a lug. It is unknown when this strip was applied; it could be contemporary with the jeton or later. A very similar jeton brooch has been found in Norwich made from an Edward I sterling bust jeton with a very similar pin it is believed to have been lost in the 1290s (Margeson 1993, 14, fig 7, no 66).
Class: jetton
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1290
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.2 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Freckenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 14, fig 7, no 66 |
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