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JETTON
Unique ID: ESS-59DE47
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg jetton. A 'ship-penny' jetton dating to circa 1490-1550. The obverse design is of a sailing ship and the reverse has four fleur de lis inside a lozenge. The inscription of these tokens would have been in French but this token is worn and therefore illegible. These are anonymous issues which were designed by jetton-makers in Nuremberg for the French market. Diameter 25.55mm, thickness 0.58mm , weight 1.3g.
cf Mitchiner, 1988 ' Jetons, Medalets & Tokens - The Medieval period and Nuremberg' Vol 1. pages 365-375.nos, 1121-1186.
Notes:
Obverse inscription is illegible but would have read [VOLGVE LA GALLEE DE FRANCE]
Reverse inscription is also illegible but would have read [VIVE LE BON ROI DE FRANCE]
Class: Nuremberg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.58 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 25.55 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 12th March 2010 - Monday 15th March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Colchester Museum object entry form no. 6166
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: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Much Hadham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4318
Four figure Latitude: 51.842297
Four figure longitude: 0.074368
1:25K map: TL4318
1:10K map: TL41NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 365-375 | 1121-1186 |
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