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JETTON

Unique ID: SF-E09F13

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Jeton with 'IHS,' struck during reigns of Louis XI (1461-1483) and Charles VIII (1483-1497) (Mitchiner 1988, 212-213)

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1497

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.92 g
Diameter: 26.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Jetton/ token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Letters IHS in gothic script across field with the upright stroke of the H crossed, flowers in the field
Obverse inscription: AVE IIIARI STELLA DEI IIIATER
Reverse description: Double stranded arcute cross fleuretty with pellet at centre, cross or three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: AVE IIIARI STELLA DEI IIIATER

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Finningham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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