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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-C9DB0F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Medieval English jetton, c.1280-1343 AD. Similar to Mitchiner, 1988: nos. 183, 222-226. .
Obverse: Legend formed from pellets, A crown above a lion passant left, within an inner circle.
Reverse: Legend formed from single crowns, Long cross fleury dividing the legend, five pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle.
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
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.43 g
Diameter: 20.21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Sterling/allied
Type: 5 Lion/s passant (inc. in shield) (M178-179, 181, 183, 198-200, 212-214) - Unknown: c. 1280 - c. 1340
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A crown above a lion passant left, within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: Legend formed from pellets
Reverse description: Long cross fleury dividing the legend, five pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: Legend formed from single crowns
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Old Newton with Dagworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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