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JETTON

Unique ID: BUC-6B663D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval copper alloy jetton dating to AD 1280-1343. Rose in circle on the obverse, long cross moline with a single pellet in each quarter on the reverse. Mitchiner 1988, page 116, number 244.

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 1343

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th January 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4798

Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Group: Sterling/allied
Type: 7 Rose (M175-176, 186-188, 228-232, 232-237, 244) - Unknown: c. 1280 - c. 1340
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Five petal barbed rose
Obverse inscription: BO+BA+BOS+BI+BOS+BA
Reverse description: Short cross Moline, pellet in each quarter; border of pellets
Reverse inscription: N/A

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Great Billington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9322
Four figure Latitude: 51.88880822
Four figure longitude: -0.65007499
1:25K map: SP9322
1:10K map: SP92SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date find submitted for recording
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	page 116,	number 244.

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Recording Institution: BUC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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