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JETTON
Unique ID: NLM-B0BD82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy jetton. Probably hammered jetton of English type, possibly a sterling jetton; pierced in the middle. Possibly issue of 1250-1300.
[?]Obverse description: indeterminate; abraded.
Reverse description: Voided short cross, possibly with rounded ends to its arms, and with three pellets in each angle.
Diameter: 16.5mm, Weight: 1.07gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.07 g
Diameter: 16.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34291
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Group: Sterling/allied
Type: Not further defined - Unknown: c. 1280 - c. 1340
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: indeterminate; abraded
Reverse description: Voided short cross, possibly with rounded ends to its arms, and with three pellets in each angle.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Dalton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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