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Record ID: SF-946572
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval French 'shield of France' jetton, dating to c.AD 1400-c.1500. Obverse: X AVE MARIA o GRACIA o -  'shield of France' with three fleurs de lis within the shield Reverse: Triple stranded straight corss fleuretty in 4-arched tressure; internal angls, 'v' - 'm' (x2); external angles, '. o . ' (x4)  c.f. Mitchiner 1988, 227, 683
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-90C7DB
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but worn, copper-alloy 'Venus penny' Jetton dating from AD 1490-1550. Mitchiner (1988:269 no. 835-837) Mitchiner (1988:265) writes "The 'Venus pennies' were a popular series of jettons, or reckoning counters, that were made for the merchants of Antwerp during a period when this city was the flourishing principal commercial centre of the land, and were circulated amongst the merchant classes during the first half of the sixteenth century. Obverse description: Austro-Burgundian shield in five parts: Three Lis (Burgundy modern), 3 horizontal lin…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-314119
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval uninscribed English jetton dating to the period AD 1280-1340. Obv: Lamb and flag with a border of pellets within edge of irregular dots Rev. Triple stranded cross fleury with a trefoil in each angle, no border Mitchiner illustrates no direct parallel. Berry type 10 obverse depicting a lamb and flag, reverse type 6D and Mernick type 6c.1. See similar jettons on the PAS database: LON-F6C8E2, HAMP-5FB011, WAW-0CBE10 and WILT-4617E6. Diameter: 19.15mm, thickness: 0.90mm, weight: 1.19g
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-30F5F3
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval English jetton 'standing king under canopy' jeton dating to c.1350-1400. Obv: Simplified design of king standing under a canopy Rev. Triple stranded cross fleury with fleur de lis in each angle surrounded by a tressure of arches c.f. Mitchiner, 1998, 122, nos 275-276 ff Diameter: 21.91mm, thickness: 0.95mm, weight: 1.76g
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-7E38FA
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval 'shield of France' Tournai stock jetton, dating to the period AD 1415-1497 OBV: X AVE MARIA GRACIA - shield of France bearing 3 lis REV: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in 4-arched tressure: external angles, 'A/M/A/M'. c.f.Mitchiner 1988, 227, no.686-687a Diameter: 27.67mm, thickness: 2.13mm, weight: 7.32g
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE22AE
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval French 'shield of France' jetton, dating to the period c.AD 1400-1500. Obv: A[...]DE[...]MA - Shield of France modern bearing three fleur de lis, unclear symbols surrounding Rev: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty with + - A - V - E in angles within 4-arched tressure, trefoils surrounding in angles c.f. Mitchiner 1988, 224-230. Diameter: 28.70mm, thickness: 1.60mm, weight: 6.49g
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE1D6D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval French jetton, probably dating to the period c.AD 1380-c.1461. OBV: +[...]AB TATA TA[...]RTA[]A - Shield of France modern bearing three fleur de lis. S-shapes above and to either side.  REV: TATATA (repeats) - Triple stranded cross fleuretty, ends overlapping inner circle, fleur in each quarter Diameter: 27.15mm, thickness: 1.18mm, weight: 4.00g
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6F2808
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy French "Moor's head" jetton, dating to circa AD 1300-1500. Obverse depicting Moor's head right, hair bound; legend reading AVE MARIA GRACI[A PLENA]. Reverse: depicting double stranded arcuate cross fleury, central lis and small crosses in the field; legend reads AVE MAARIA G. As Mitchiner 1988: pg 157-158, nos 368-379. 
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Raydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F2B06F
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worn post-medieval copper alloy Tournai jetton of a 'shield of France' type dating to c.1400-1500). Obverse: French shield with annulet above. Legend: + AVE MARIA . GRACIA Reverse: Double stranded arcuate cross fleuretty with central pelle: in 4-arched tressure: internal angles, ornaments (x4): external, plain. Obverse as Mitchiner no. 709. Reverse as Mitchiner no. 708. (1988, p. 231) The jetton is pierced at its centre. Measurements: Diameter 26.7mm; Thickness 1.2 mm; Weight: 2.73 g. 
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-8A2731
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval English jetton dating to the period c.AD 1280-1343. Small circular hole through the centre. Obv: Bird right with head turned back over body holding branch which terminates in a trefoil of pellets Rev: Short cross moline with pellet in each angle and border of pellets Berry Type 8; Mernick reference 4a.4.4; c.f. Mitchiner 1988, 113, no.218 (but birth standing right); PAS record: HAMP-20FE99
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.