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Description: | Possibly a copper-alloy jetton or token dating from the later medieval period, i.d. c. 16th century. The jetton or token is extremely worn and only the letters [...]DA[...] are visible on one side. It does not look to be a coin or a continental jetton, but it seems likely that it was a locally made and locally used jetton. In the post-medieval period there were hundreds of different locally produced jettons in circulation, all connected to certain guilds, workshops and later, factories. They were usually designed to display the name of the workshop's or factory's owner and also, possibly, an image relating to what was being produced. On the obverse it could also read 'PEN(N)Y TOKEN' or 'ONE PENNY TOKEN' or later, 'HALFPENNY TOKEN' or similar.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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