Record ID: SOM-E28E9A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy Low Countries jetton issued by anonymous maker AD 1490 to 1560. 'Venus penny' depicting Austro-Burgundian shield / Venus. Mitchiner (1988: 267-272) no. 826-847. An impact has bent the edge up on one side.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tolland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-819E99
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval Nuremberg jetton, c. AD 1500-1570. 'Lion of St Mark' type, fictitious legends. Obverse: winged Lion of St. Mark clutching a book of gospels, crown initial mark Reverse: Imperial orb within a double tressure of three arches. Diameter: 27.78mm, weight: 4.96g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-061767
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval English copper alloy jetton with a shield on the obverse and a sterling cross and pellet design on the reverse. The shield is divided into quarters the 1st and fourth are checky and the 2nd and 3rd have an unclear design. There is a punch mark in the centre of the reverse. It is not paralleled in the usual sources but is similar to other serling jettons and rougher contemporary pieces, some of which may be official but at the cheaper end of the market. cf Mernick and Algar (2001:224,) no 50 which has a similarly better made reverse with a crude obverse and is dated to the …
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-17A293
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval English copper alloy jetton of the sterling head type. Bust/cross patonce design, c.1310-1314 AD. Similar examples can be seen in Saunders (ed., 2001; 253), no. 19 and Mitchiner (1988:95) no.117. There is a central hole, common on these jettons to prevent them being silvered and passed as coins.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E845E7
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval English copper alloy jetton of the sterling head type, dating to the period c.AD 1310-1314. Bust/cross patonce design. Cf. Mitchiner 1998, no. 114 onwards.
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherborne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7AA4A8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy English Sterling head allied jetton dating to AD 1300 to 1400. Kings head from non-coinage dies / cross moline with pellets in each quarter. Mernick type 6a.4/5. The punch mark has come through to the reverse but as th reverse has been struck off-centre the punch mark is off centre. There is a groove running from the punch mark on the obverse. Mernick, P. English Jettons, http://www.mernick.org.uk/englishjettons/series6a/04.htm, accessed online 17/12/18.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-61F8F5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy Jetton, probably dating to c. AD 1310-1314. Sterling bust type. the obverse depicts a crowned bust facing, probably class 11 with a damaged left jewel, the reverse a long cross pattee with a cinquefoil in each quarter. Pellets around the outer circle of both faces, 5 in each quarter of the reverse. Berry type 2d.16.42. There is an attempted central perforation, drilled from the obverse.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Record ID: SOM-8E8084
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval French copper alloy jetton struck under Charles VI and dating to c. AD 1385-1422, Shield of france modern / triple stranded cross fleuretty design. Michener (1988: 176) catalogues some very similar examples (Nos. 442a-445) and some others somewhat less well matched are listed in Saunders (2001: 233-234, 256), Nos. 125, 129 and 140. It appears double struck. About 75 per cent of the jetton survives, having lost about 15 percent from the bottom (below the obverse design) and a further 5-10 per cent from the top and top-left and right edges. All the breaks are w…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-0C2E75
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval English copper alloy jetton of the sterling bust type. Bust/three armed cross design, c.1300-1350 AD. Mitchiner (1988:105) no.156 appears identical. There is a central indent on the obverse, common on these jettons to prevent them being silvered and passed as coins.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-368DE9
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Anglo-Gallic jetton of uncertain issuer dating to the period c.AD 1300 - 1400. The obverse depicts a king standing under a canopy. Mint uncertain. A similar example is discussed in Barnard, 1916, p. 102, no. 39, pl. II, no. 39.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-869FE8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn French or Tournai jetton, probably dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1400. The obverse depicts the shield of France surmounted by a crown. The reverse is indiscernible.
Created on: Monday 8th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C56D33
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy jetton of Louis de Male, Count of Flanders, Lion rampant in shield / triple stranded cross fleuretty design, issued in Flanders, 1346-1384 AD, Mitchiner (1988:251), no.785.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.