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JETTON

Unique ID: NMS-6ADFE3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval copper alloy English jetton of sterling/allied type dating to the period c. AD 1280 - 1340. Obverse: lion's head within pellet and wavy line border. Reverse: cross moline, sexfoil in two quarters, quatrefoil in two quarters. Border of pellets and sexfoils.

Similar examples are illustrated in Snelling, 1769, pl. 1, no. 6 and bottom row, left.

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 1340

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 20.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 23rd April 2018 - Thursday 17th May 2018

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 24012
Other reference: IND17052018JS

Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Group: Sterling/allied
Type: 6 Lion's head (M184, M191-192, 215-216, 243) - Unknown: c. 1280 - c. 1340
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Lion's head within pellet and wavy line border.
Reverse description: Cross moline, sexfoil in two quarters, quatrefoil in two quarters. Border of pellets and sexfoils.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: North Pickenham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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