Record ID: LANCUM-DB9298
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
German copper alloy jetton dated to 1586-1635. It may have been used as a talisman or pendant later - there is a hole for suspension in the rump of the boat, just below the second 'N' of Pfening.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-305FE8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mid to late medieval copper alloy French jetton circa 15th century with significant flan damage. Obverse has the shield of France with three fleurs upon, within a pelleted inner border. The outer inscription is illegible. The reverse has a cross of three strands fleuronee with a quatrefoil in the centre, within a four arched tressure . It has a Lombardic [B] or [R] in one of the angles of the tressures. The jetton has been crudely pierced. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 2.95g. Similar examples recorded on the dayabase are: PUBLIC-4F8FE5, CORN-46D814, WILT-84C1EB, HAMP…
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E14C73
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Low Countries Venus Penny type jetton with a possible nonsense legend. Cf Mitchiner 825. cAD1490-1550. Obverse: (Crown?) (fictitious legend). Mirror image of Austro-Burgundian shield in five parts, surmounted by Burgundian emblems. Reverse: (fictitious legend). Standing woman facing long flowing hair, wearing drape, lowered left hand holds a pot from which she waters flowers, she holds a spray of flowers in raised right hand.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slyne-with-Hest', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B76601
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post Medieval copper-alloy French jetton and dating to between c1340 and c1500 AD. Minted in France possibly struck at Tournai, Obverse is probably a shield of France type. Reverse is a triple banded straight cross fleuretty. The obverse legend should read AVE MARIA GRACIA. The diameter is 26mm and the weight 7.54.
Created on: Sunday 1st December 2013
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mitton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-19BD2E
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy 'Dolphin' jetton, struck in south-eastern France in the late 14th to early 15th century (see Mitchiner 1988: 182 - 184). Obverse: [lis]AVE*mARIA*GRAC[..], Dolphin Reverse: cross formed of keys and lis According to Mitchiner (ibid: 182), 'The dolphin ('dauphin') was [the] traditional badge of the Counts of Alban, Dauphins of Viennois'. The author's suggested date range for such jettons is c. 1373 - c. 1415. This worn example would appear to be a variant on Mitchiner nos. 488 - 492, its reverse cross not being the usual triple-strand…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.