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JETTON
Unique ID: NMS-D5471C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worn and damaged copper alloy Medieval sterling bust type English jetton. As is common for the type there is a circular piercing in the centre of the long cross. Obverse; crowned bust, legend illegible. Reverse; long cross with six pellet cluster in each quadrant, probable symbols in legend. Similar jettons can be seen in Mitchiner, M. Jettons, Medalets and Tokens, The Medieval Period and Nuremberg, Vol.1 (1998) p100. Circa AD1321-1343.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1321
Date to: Circa AD 1343
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2018 - Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30237
Other reference: KLMD012019
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 facing
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: long cross with six pellet cluster in each quadrant.
Reverse inscription: Probable symbols in legend
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Marham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7110
Four figure Latitude: 52.66075131
Four figure longitude: 0.52697446
1:25K map: TF7110
1:10K map: TF71SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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