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JETTON
Unique ID: WMID-E7AEDC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy jetton, probably similar to that of the English Wardrobe, between AD 1344 and AD 1400.
The obverse seems to depict a lion rampant, probably with two tails, within an arched tressure. Legend is illegible. The reverse depicts a probable cross fleuretty with central void and rampart lion in each angle, within an arched tressure. Legend is illegible. Jetton exhibits a partial fold.
Diameter: 23.0 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.8 g.
The jetton is a mid green colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail.
Rob Webley (FLO - Somerset) comments: This one is like those attributed to Guelders, but is in fact English . It can be compared with Mitchiner 255 and 255a (p. 119), depending on estimation of the original module. The reverse is probably an unpublished variant, so it is likely to be a new combination.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1344
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd February 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: Late Wardrobe
Type: 1E Lion rampant (M254-255a) - Unknown: c. 1350 - c. 1400
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rampant lion sinister within arched tressure
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Probably cross fleuretty with rampant lion in each angle within an arched tressure
Reverse inscription: illegible
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Astley and Dunley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7767
Four figure Latitude: 52.30063592
Four figure longitude: -2.33870661
1:25K map: SO7767
1:10K map: SO76NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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