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JETTON
Unique ID: LVPL-C7D4FF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete copper alloy French medieval jetton probably issued under Charles VI (AD 1380-1422). Shield of France Modern type.
Obverse: Shield of Arms, France Modern, within a beaded circle a pellet in the field. Legend: [+]AVE:m[ARIA:GRACIA:PLE]. Initial mark uncertain.
Reverse: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a four-arched tressure, Fleur on the cusps.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1380
Date to: Circa AD 1422
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 26.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th June 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: France Modern
Type: (M440-459, 521-531a, 565-566, 579) - Unknown: 1385 -1488
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Shield of Arms, France Modern, within a beaded circle a pellet in the field.
Obverse inscription: [+]AVE:m[ARIA:GRACIA:PLE]
Reverse description: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a four-arched tressure, Fleur on the cusps.
Reverse inscription: [...]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Eden (District)
To be known as: Ousby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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