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JETTON
Unique ID: YORYM-8F1176
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A lion rampant within a shield.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: A long cross cutting a granulated inner circle, cantoned by three pellets; a border of pellets.
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Pocklington
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Plate I |
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