SUR-3E9685: Medieval coin: Low countries jetton

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JETTON

Unique ID: SUR-3E9685

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Low Countries jetton issued by Louis de Male.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1346
Date to: AD 1384

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 27.11 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th December 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 10.94

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A shield with lion rampant
Obverse inscription: LE REN[...]EWEDE [..]E (?blundered)
Reverse description: A triple-stranded cross fleuretty in a four-arch frame with annulets in the angles.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Broughton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3134
Four figure Latitude: 51.104467
Four figure longitude: -1.558608
1:25K map: SU3134
1:10K map: SU33SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mitchiner, M.	1991	Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Low Countries and France	London	Hawkins Publications		784-8

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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