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JETTON
Unique ID: BH-24B035
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A French copper-alloy jetton of Late Medieval date. 'Rose shield of Tournai' type, struck c. 1497 - 1521. Ref: Mitchiner 1988: Vol. 1, p. 237, cf. nos. 717 - 720.
Diameter: 26.9mm; thickness: 0.9mm. Weight: 2.65g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1497
Date to: Exactly AD 1521
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 2.65 g
Diameter: 26.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/61 - 33
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Shield with two roses of Tournai in chief and three lis in base; three pellet triplets between shield and inner circle.
Obverse inscription: IESV [...]S[...]VR[... (probably fictitious legend)
Reverse description: Short cross pattee, floral ornament in each quarter, plain ring surrounding.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Braughing
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications |
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