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JETTON

Unique ID: SF-E10085

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy Medieval English jetton, c.1280-1343 AD. Similar to Mitchiner, 1988: nos. 191-192.

Obverse: Smiling face (or Lion's head?) facing within an inner circle, border of pellets and wavy line.

Reverse: Long-cross moline, rosette or small plain cross in each internal angle, pellet in each curled terminal of the cross, pellet in each external angle of the cross, rosette at outer edge of each arm of the cross.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1343

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.29 g
Diameter: 20.23 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Numismatic data

No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: Foulden

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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		nos. 191-192

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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