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JETTON
Unique ID: NMS-8FF234
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Shield of France type jetton, obverse legend probably fictitious, there is a wedge of the flan missing at 6 o'clock on the obverse, Mitchener p224-231, 15th century AD.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Thursday 15th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 1021
Other reference: IM042012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Shield of France modern within inner circle
Obverse inscription: + IETOVTNEV [...] T [..] ENTOV.TD
Reverse description: Triple stranded cross fleuretty within quatrefoil, crowns flanked by pellets at external spaces, fleurs at internal angles.
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Oxborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7403
Four figure Latitude: 52.596933
Four figure longitude: 0.5676
1:25K map: TF7403
1:10K map: TF70SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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