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JETTON

Unique ID: KENT-8D6D44

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An English 'standing king under canopy' jeton. Circa 1350 - 1400 Cf. Mitchiner, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, Vol I, Nos. 278-279

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.82 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Group: Mid to late 14th Century
Type: 4 King under canopy (M270-274) - Unknown: c. 1350 - c. 1380
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: King standing under canopy
Obverse inscription: ?GRA [...]X
Reverse description: Short cross bottony with fleur-de-lis in each angle; alternating groups of pellets in lis in border
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Old Romney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR0525
Four figure Latitude: 50.987887
Four figure longitude: 0.919535
1:25K map: TR0525
1:10K map: TR02NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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2 comments

Sally Atkinson wrote @ 13:06:36 on the 18th June 2011.
This is not a Boy Bishop token. It is an English 'standing king under canopy' jeton. Circa 1350 - 1400 Cf. Mitchiner, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, Vol I, Nos. 278-279
Robert Webley wrote @ 17:25:41 on the 20th December 2013.
Thank you for making these comments, Sally. I have duly corrected the record.

Audit data

Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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