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JETTON

Unique ID: HAMP-546162

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A worn 14th-century copper-alloy medieval English jetton, cross bottony/cross fleury type (c. 1350 - c. 1400 AD; cf. Mitchiner 268).

There is a probable punch mark in the centre of the reverse.

Notes:

Similar designs are found as reverse to contemporary copies of the 'King under canopy' type (Mitchiner 1988, 122-123) which tend to be date to the second half of the 14th century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.4 mm
Width: 21.85 mm
Thickness: 1.15 mm
Weight: 3.26 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011 - Friday 30th September 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3237

Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Group: Contemporary copies
Type: Other - Unknown: c. 1280 - c. 1400
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Cross bottony with inner circle of pellets; around, strokes
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Triple-stranded cross fleury; lis in each angle
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Stanford in the Vale (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3493
Four figure Latitude: 51.634787
Four figure longitude: -1.510136
1:25K map: SU3493
1:10K map: SU39SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Garden

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	121-123	268

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

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