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JETTON
Unique ID: NLM-852336
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1580
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 4.45 g
Diameter: 27.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM11050
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rechenmeister seated facing right, at his counting table, with counters in front of him; money bag on left and account book on right: some ornamentation
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Alphabet in five lines: within rectangular frame: some dotted and foliate decoration outside
Reverse inscription: ABCDE / FGHIK/ LMNOP/ QRSTV/ XYZ
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hibaldstow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 416; ref. 1426 |
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