Record ID: BH-83663B
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy jetton, dating from the Medieval period. The obverse of this jetton has a depiction of the mitred bust of a bishop, who faces to the right and holds a crozier; the reverse has a short cross with quatrefoil ends. Diameter: 20.3mm; thickness: 0.8mm. Weight: 0.85g. No published parallel could be found for this jetton; however, it would appear to be of English manufacture and a crude copy of a type seen in PAS records BH-BD5521 and HAMP3017. These jettons are almost certainly related to Fox's Class 4 of Edward I or Class 13 of Edward II, which show the …
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.