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JETTON
Unique ID: LIN-E1EE08
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval copper-alloy jetton, 'AVE MARIA' type dating to the third quarter of the 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1475
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.85 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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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 three lis
Obverse inscription: AVE MAR[IA GRACIA]
Reverse description: Triple stranded cross-feuilly in quadrilobe
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burgh le Marsh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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