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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-0D99C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete copper-alloy English jetton with central circular perforation, struck for the King's Wardrobe, c.1344-1400 AD. As Mitchiner, 1988: nos. 255-255a.
Obverse: A lion rampant within a double stranded multifoil, all within an inner circle. A border of crosses.
Reverse: Four lis arranged in a cross around a central circle, all within a double stranded quatrefoil, within an inner circle. A border of crosses?
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1344
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.31 g
Diameter: 26.51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st December 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Burrough Green
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 | nos. 255-255a |
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