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JETTON
Unique ID: DUR-9E2B99
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete jetton of Medieval date (AD 1280-1340).
The jetton is of the Lombard bankers, Albizzi of Florence, and depicts on both faces two concentric circles surmounted by a lis all in a double pelletty circle (Mitchiner p.150 no.336).
The outer flan is nibbled and partially missing
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: National importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1340
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.85 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 20.23 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: Early French or Italian
Group: Early French or Italian
Type: (M336-344, 345-364)/Not further defined - Unknown
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: two concentric circles surmounted by a lis in a pelletty circle
Reverse description: two concentric circles surmounted by a lis in a pelletty circle
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Upper Poppleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5653
Four figure Latitude: 53.97004845
Four figure longitude: -1.14780113
1:25K map: SE5653
1:10K map: SE55SE
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd | 150 | 336 |
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