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JETTON
Unique ID: SOM-E2D06E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy English jetton of the Sterling head series. Class 15, Mernick type 2d.3 / 43 dating to AD 1320 to 1335. Sterling bust facing / long cross moline with 3-pellet clusters in each angle; border has pellets between the curling ends of the cross which contain small dots. Weight is 1.36g, diameter 19.2mm, thickness 0.9mm.
This is similar to Mitchener (1988:103) type 142, but has pellets rather than saltires in the reverse border.
Class: Mernick type 2d.3 / 43
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1320
Date to: Circa AD 1335
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.36 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Monday 4th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019818
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: Crowned bust of facing in border of pellets alternating with cinqufoils made of five pellets with gap in centre
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Long cross moline with three pellets in each quarter, single pellet in border between each cross end and dots inside curls of cross end
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Muchelney Ham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
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 and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 102-3 | 142 |
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