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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-80D4C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Medieval 'Shield of France' jetton, c.1400-1478 AD. As Mitchiner, 1988: no. 671.
Obverse: +AVE MARIA : GRACIA : PLEN, Shield of France bearing three complete lis, within an inner circle.
Reverse: A triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a quatrefoil, letter A in each internal angle of the foil, cross? in each external angle of the foil.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1478
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.55 g
Diameter: 25.91 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Shield of France bearing three complete lis, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +AVE MARIA : GRACIA : PLEN
Reverse description: A triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a quatrefoil, letter A in each internal angle of the foil, cross? in each external angle of the foil.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Pettistree
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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