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JETTON
Unique ID: BH-39B1F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy French jetton, 'I H S' type, struck c. 1497 - 1547. Ref: Mitchiner 1988: 245 - 247.
Diameter: 27.3mm; thickness: 0.9mm; weight: 2.09g.
Class: French
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 1497
Date to: Exactly AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 2.09 g
Diameter: 27.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/34 - 7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: 'I h S' in Gothic script, crowned.
Obverse inscription: Illegible.
Reverse description: Short cross pattee with (lis) in each angle.
Reverse inscription: ...S]EVREME[NT...
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Weston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 |
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