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JETTON
Unique ID: WILT-6E33F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy jetton of Edward II Class XI dating to AD 1310-1314. Obverse depicts a class 11 crowned bust in circle bordered by pellets. Reverse depicts a triangle with a central pellet with three pellets at each point and interstitial crowns surrounded by a border of lis and strokes. Cf Mitchiner, M, 1988, The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Volume One, BA Seaby Ltd, London, p 102, no 130 and no 132.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1310
Date to: Exactly AD 1314
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.87 g
Diameter: 21.38 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4488
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Type: 1 Sterling head (M86-167) - Unknown - c. 1280 - c. 1340
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Bust Class II in circle with a border of pellets.
Reverse description: Triangle with central pellet and three pellets at each angle. Crown in each interstitial space surrounded by a border of lis and strokes.
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Shellingford
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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