HAMP-214AEA: Medieval jetton : uncertain tournai issue

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JETTON

Unique ID: HAMP-214AEA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval copper-alloy (late) Tournai jetton. Four lis in a lozenge type inscribed SIT NOMEN DOMINI, dating to c. 1497-1521. Minted at Tournai. See Mitchiner (1988, 238; no. 726) for a similar example illustrated.

This jetton has a diameter of 28.1mm, a thickness of 1.3mm and a weight of 5.20g. It has been bent.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1497
Date to: Circa AD 1521

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 28.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1980 - Sunday 31st December 1989

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.251

Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Class: Tournai (late)
Group: Four lis in lozenge
Type: (M647-649, 726-731) - Unknown: c. 1415 - c. 1497
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Four lis in lozenge all within a quadrilobe, trefoil in spandrels
Obverse inscription: SIT IIOIIIEII BOIII I II I, rosette initial mark
Reverse description: Cross patty, sprigged flower in each angle
Reverse inscription: SIT IIOIIIEII DOIII I II I, rosette and saltire cross initial mark
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Cheriton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5830
Four figure Latitude: 51.06641187
Four figure longitude: -1.17364376
1:25K map: SU5830
1:10K map: SU53SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mitchiner, M.	1988	Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg	London	Hawkins Publications	238	726

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

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