LEIC-48686F: medieval copper alloy jetton

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JETTON

Unique ID: LEIC-48686F

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval Anglo-French copper alloy jetton, Obverse shows a shield containing one lion rampant, in a scalloped border. Reverse shows cross with fleur terminals with lions rampant in each quarter. Barnard dated these to 1200-1400AD. Ref.plate II, egs 42 and 43.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.91 g
Diameter: 22 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Class: Anglo-Gallic
Group: Anglo-Gallic
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: shield containing lion rampant in scalloped border
Obverse inscription: not visible
Reverse description: cross with fleur terminals and lion rampant in each quarter
Reverse inscription: not visible

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK8418
Four figure Latitude: 52.75309515
Four figure longitude: -0.75686883
1:25K map: SK8418
1:10K map: SK81NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Barnard, F.P.	1916	The Casting-Counter and the Counting Board: A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and Early Arithmetic	Oxford	Oxford University Press	II	42, 43

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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