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JETTON
Unique ID: DENO-B85F25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy jetton of Medieval date. This is an example of the 'King under canopy' series, c. 1350-1400 (see Mitchiner 1988: 122, no. 271). The jetton has been modified via clipping to remove all of the legend leaving the king holding a sceptre under an arch. The reverse of the jetton, which would have shown a short cross fleury with a crowned fleur de lys in each angle is totally illegible and there appears to have been deliberate abrasion of the reverse surface, perhaps to create a keyed surface for mounting the item, perhaps as part of an item of jewellery. See BH-F90853 for a better preserved and unmodified example of this type of jetton.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Exactly AD 1400
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Monday 11th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7815
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: King under canopy
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: illegible
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Sutton cum Lound Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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