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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-2CF6BE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Medieval sterling bust jetton, dating to c. AD 1302-1350. Obverse: crowned facing bust; series of pellets in the broder. Reverse: three-armed cross, each angle has a five-petals flower and six pellets in the corners; pellets in the border.
Cf Mitchiner (1988, p. 105, no. 156).
The jetton has an incomplete circular perforation in its centre.
Class: Sterling bust jetton
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1302
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.92 mm
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 20.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 2018
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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 facing bust; series of pellets in the broder.
Obverse inscription: pellets
Reverse description: Three-armed cross, each angle has a five-petals flower and six pellets in the corners; pellets in the border.
Reverse inscription: pellets
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: near woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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