JETTON
Unique ID: YORYM-F0E793
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy French jetton of medieval date. The obverse depicts a large heater-shield containing three fleur-de-lis'. The surrounding legend reads +AVE MARIA GRACIA (Hail Mary full of grace) and is marked by a cross initial mark. The reverse depicts a long cross of three strands fleur-de-lis' with a quatrefoil in the centre, enclosed by four arches. There is no reverse inscription.
A similar example can be seen in Barnard, p118, plate VI, no.43.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
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Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Diameter: 28.9 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Rebecca
Griffiths
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Identified by: Mrs Rebecca
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: York
To be known as: Naburn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]
References cited
- Barnard, F P, 1916. The Casting-Counter and the Counting-Board Oxford : Oxford University Press, ppp118, plate VI
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Obverse…
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Audit data
Created:
Tuesday 27th July 2010
Updated: Thursday 29th July 2010
