Record ID: SWYOR-4DADC0
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy jetton dating from AD 1490 - 1585 and of Nuremberg manufacture. It is a ship jetton but the legends are illegible and the details are not visible. Obverse: Stylised ship (the 'Galley of France') sailing to the left. Unclear legend. Reverse: Four lys in a double-lined lozenge with three pellets along each side of the lozenge. Unclear legend. It is 26.4mm in diameter and mm in diameter and 0.5mm thick. It weighs 1.14gm. Compare Mitchiner (1988) Volume 1 number 1121 onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
Spatial data recorded.