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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-AC642F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy Edward I jetton, probably Class X, c.1302-1307 AD. Similar to Mitchiner, 1988, p. 98, no. 101.
Obverse: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle: border, strokes and rosettes.
Reverse: Bishop wearing mitre facing within an inner circle: border strokes and pellets/rosettes.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1302
Date to: Circa AD 1307
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.95 g
Diameter: 22.63 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EYE 079
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Sterling/allied
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle: border, strokes and rosettes
Reverse description: Bishop wearing mitre facing within an inner circle: border strokes and pellets/rosettes
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Eye
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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