Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-6F1665
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1415
Date to: AD 1453
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 1.92 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th October 2005
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Zinc Alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: crown with three fleur de lis and lion to the left of it but right side too worn to make out
Obverse inscription: [HENRIC DI GRA REX] ANGLZ FRA REX
Reverse description: single-stranded cross fleuretty with crown in each angle and 'h' in centre of cross within a circle
Reverse inscription: BENEDICTUM?
4 Figure: SW5231
Four figure Latitude: 50.127132
Four figure longitude: -5.471223
1:25K map: SW5231
1:10K map: SW51SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 133 |