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    • Material:Copper alloy
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Record ID: NLM-FB85DD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
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Copper alloy jetton. A large module French hammered jetton, later medieval issue of 1350-1400 Obverse description: possibly square or angular feature. Legend present but indistinct. Reverse description: probably a cross with a lis at the end of each arm, a crown is visible in one angle. Circumferential legend present but indistinct. Diameter: 27.9mm, Weight: 4.86gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: CORN-10507A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
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A 17th-century Yarmouth Borough token. Rose mint-mark. The decoration on the obverse is very worn, and so, the design is hard to establish. However, the reverse side has relatively good preservation, and shows a centred shield, containing three horizontally-places lions, facing left, with fish tails. This is known to be the coat of arms of the borough of Yarmouth at the time. Obverse reads: '(Great?) Yarmouth 166 (7?)". Reverse reads: "For the vse of the (p)oor". Measurements: Diameter,18.46mm. Thickness, 1.46mm. Weight: 2.14g. Reference: C.…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-053C9C
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
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Post Medieval (late 16th to early 17th centuries) anonymous jetton. This is an unattributed jetton. Mitchiner 1463-1472. Mitchiner, M. 1988 Jettons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Seaby,
Created on: Saturday 30th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-20C058
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
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A copper-alloy Medieval jetton, "Standing king under canopy" Type, either English or French, dating from AD 1326-1400. The jetton is 20.8mm in diameter and1.1mm thick. It weighs 1.75g. The edge is damaged. Obv: Crowned facing king standing under a canopy; REX [GRA]. Rev: Triple stranded striaght cross fleuretty, with a lis between each arm, all within a four-arched tressure; [...]R T[...] Compare Mitchiner (1988), the obverse of no. 274, p. 122, and the reverse similar to no. 388, p. 161. The jetton does not have a centra piercing making it more lik…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-A15EBA
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
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A Medieval struck copper alloy French jetton struck under Charles VII during the period of diversity 1418-1437. Obverse: Catherine Wheel surrounded by the inscription MARIA rosette MATER rosette GRACIE rosette. Reverse: triple stranded cross botonny with lis in each angle surrounded by the same legend. Mitchiner (1988: 190) No. 519. See also IOW-719443 and WMID-68E357 on the database.
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-7BD71F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
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A clipped and worn copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I (1625-49), uncertain type (North, vol2, 1991, p. 165).  The obverse shows a very worn design of a crown with two sceptres in saltire through it.  The reverse is extremely worn, and a faint rose design is distinguishable.  Measurements: Diameter: 10.8mm Weight: 0.26g Die axis:  12
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: NARC-FD58A9
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
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A complete copper-alloy English jetton of Medieval date (AD 1350-1400). Standing king under canopy Type. The obverse depicts crowned standing king, holding short sceptre in right hand, standing under a canopy; REX/GRA. Reverse depicts a triple stranded straight cross fleuretty, with a lis between each arm, all within a four-arched tressure; GVO/ GVO/ GVO/ GVO Diameter: 21.81mm, Thickness: 1.48mm, Weight: 2.7g As Mitchiner (1988), obverse of no. 274, p. 122, and the reverse similar to no. 388, p. 163.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-E927A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
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Milled sixpence of George III (1760-1820), dating to 1817. Obverse depicts the bull-necked laureate bust, facing right, with inscription 'GEOR III D G  BRITT REX F D 1817'. Reverse depicts a shield with the Arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and Hanover, crowned, with Garter band. The white metal plating is now quite worn on the face of the coin, revealing a darker metal core which indicates this is likely a contemporary forgery. Such forgeries of precious metal coins were not uncommon during the reign of George III. Diameter: 19.5 mm W…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-C2361D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
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Copper alloy token. Privately minted halfpenny . Kevin Woodward kindly comments: '1792 John Harvey halfpenny Norwich token Great Britain 1792 Halfpenny Norwich John Harvey Conder Token – Our Coin Catalog (mycoinalog.com'.  ?Obverse description: A large open structure of straight beams, with a small wheel in the right corner, possibly a mechanical loom rendered as a perspective view. ?Reverse description: A shield with spurred upper corners displaying a castle with three towers with a lion walking left  with forepaw raised in foreground. Suggested date: P…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
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Record ID: WAW-094E60
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
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A complete silver plated sceatta of Early Medieval date. Secondary type (North J) dating to c. AD 710-50. North (1994: 59).  Obverse description: diademed head right. Reverse description: 'Bird on cross' type.  Overall dimensions:11.36mm in diameter, 1.86mm in thickness and 0.67g in weight. 
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A49452
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
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A copper alloy, Medieval French jetton of Tournai. Shield of France modern type dating from  AD 1423 - 1497 with  MARIA GRACIA PLENA legend with fleur stops. Mitchiner (1988, page 217) number 627. The jetton is 30.7mm in diameter and 1.2mm thick. It weighs 5.88g.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-4BD195
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
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A complete worn and folded Post-Medieval copper alloy 'Venus penny' jetton dating from AD 1490-1550. The jetton has been folded in half between 2 and 8 o'clock as seen on the obverse obscuring the reverse. Obverse description: Austro-Burgundian shield in five parts: Three Lis (Burgundy modern), 3 horizontal lines, paly, 3 oblique lines (Burgundy ancient), Brabant - lion rampant (Brabant), overall a lion rampant the Escutcheon of Flanders. Above Burgundian steel accosted by three flints (annulets). Reverse description: obscured Mitchiner (1988:265) writes "…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-527266
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A post-medieval or Modern unidentified copper alloy token, button or jetton which is bent and has a break. It probably dates fom AD 1650 - 1900. One face is illegible, or perhaps blank. The other has parts of the legend visible: TH[...]SALL / B[...]BERTON round the top and bottom. The central design is illegible. Diameter 23.0mm; thickness 9.0mm; weight 1.66g.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D4AA6A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
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A copper alloy jetton manufactured in Flanders  under Louis de Male (1346 - 1384) and dating to post c. 1350.  A lion rampant in a shield on the obverse and a triple stranded cross fleuretty on the reverse. The fabric appears coarser than seen on most examples of this type. Reference: Mitchiner cf No. 788 Date: Medieval Diameter: 25.34 mm Weight: 2.20 g Die axis:
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-C06492
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
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A copper alloy English jetton of the sterling facing bust type, Class XI, dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1310 - 1314. It is a bust of Fox class 11, so of Edward II. The jetton is 19.4mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 1.4g. The obverse has a forward facing  crowned bust, surrounded by a border of alternating vertical strokes and mullets of six points (Berry Border I). The reverse has a long cross pattee with a single pellet in each angle. The border is LOL in each angle. This is not listed by Berry but is seen in Mitchiner (1988) on number 121 (page 101), th…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
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Record ID: IOW-F78532
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), rose farthing, class unclear (North , Spink 3201-3207 - end date as of Spink 2003), unclear mint. Heavily corroded and with a damaged reverse face. Obverse: Crowned rose. Legend: Unclear due to damage. Reverse: Unclear due to damage. Legend: Unclear due to damage.
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: LON-672701
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Medieval French copper alloy jetton of the four Bishopric of Therouanne (Pas de Calais, France) type dating to AD 1450-1500. Mitchiner 1988, page 235, number 716. Mitchiner (1988:235) "This ephemeral series appears to have been issued during the politically confused period when France and England were contesting control over the region." Obverse description: Shield baring three mitres superimposed on a crozier.  Obverse inscription: AVE MARIA GRACIA PLE Reverse description: Triple stranded cross fleuretty with a central quatrefoil …
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2022
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Record ID: NLM-530A06
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Copper alloy token, kindly identified by the finder as a Raadsteken token of 1590. Milled effectively uniface token, apparently assertively cleaned by the finder. Obverse description: a square arrangement of four dots on a dull dark ground. Reverse description: double headed imperial eagle with a pellet [L] and annulet [R]below the heads, over a heraldic shield charged with a single horizontal bar. The shield is flanked by numerals: 15 90. This side is brassy and bright. Suggested date: 1590 Diameter: 23.9mm, Weight: 4.11gms
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: NARC-430778
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
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An incomplete copper alloy Jetton of Medieval date (AD 1280-1355). English, Sterling bust or Pictorial issues. Illegible obverse, cross reverse. Diameter: 19.24mm, Thickness: 0.75mm, Weight: 0.8g The object is missing large portions of its outer flan and has a central perforation, now refilled by corrosion bi-product.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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Record ID: NARC-42FA4A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
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An incomplete copper alloy Jetton of Medieval date (AD 1415-1453). Anglo-gallic, dating to the reigns of Henry V-VI. Obverse depicts three lions passant within a heater shield, legend is illegible. The reverse depicts cross within arcaded border. There is a central circular perforation measuring 2.60mm in diameter. Diameter: 23.18mm, Thickness: 1.03mm, Weight: 1.7g The object is missing large portions of its outer flan. Similar to Mitchiner, Vol I, P 133, No 327 and NLM-70BE31
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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