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JETTON
Unique ID: NLM-6539D3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy jetton. Hammered sterling jetton, probably issue of 1280-1310, with small central piercing, Barnard 1981 plate 1 no. 1.
Obverse description: Facing bust with wide trifoliate crown, drapery of angled wedges.
Obverse inscription: present but indeterminate; possibly pelleted.
Reverse description: Short cross with the bifurcated ends of its arms curled over, possibly a pellet in each angle. Circumferential legend of pellets.
Diameter: 19.3mm, Weight: 0.55gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1310
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.55 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33802
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Sterling/allied
Type: 1 Sterling head (M86-167) - Unknown - c. 1280 - c. 1340
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Facing bust with wide trifoliate crown, drapery of angled wedges.Obverse inscription is present but indeterminate; possibly of pellets
Reverse description: Short cross with the bifurcated ends of its arms curled over, possibly a pellet in each angle. Circumferential legend of pellets.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | plate 1 | 1 |
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