NMS-2940C6: jetton brooch from salthouse

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-2940C6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy brooch or mount made from an English Medieval jetton. A flattened bar of copper alloy has been rivetted centrally to the obverse of the jetton, so that the cross device on the reverse was displayed to the viewer. This tapers and is bent at each end, forming what is presumably a loop for a pin and a catchplate.

The jetton is identical on the reverse to Mitchiner 171, an English type datable to c.1280-1343. The obverse is similar to that specimen except that on this example the Arms are not those of England but appear to represent pseudo-Heraldry, viz. three chevrons, a crescent in dexter chief, [sinister chief obscured]. Cinquefoils accost the shield and an indeterminate blob-like object is set above. Mernick reference 1a.1

Jetton brooches were clearly popular in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, the smaller English jettons often being so adapted. The fashion seems to have been dying out by the middle part of the 14th century. That fact, and the pristine condition of the jetton itself, implies that this brooch was made very shortly after the jetton had been produced.

Class: jetton
Evidence of reuse: attaching a hook

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
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.73 g
Diameter: 26 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th November 2011 - Wednesday 14th December 2011

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 44081
Other reference: AMD122011

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Salthouse (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG0843
Four figure Latitude: 52.944057
Four figure longitude: 1.094245
1:25K map: TG0843
1:10K map: TG04SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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