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Unique ID: NMGW-F44933
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval copper-alloy French jetton. Standing king under canopy type inscribed DE LATONIS, dating to c. 1326-1380. Mint uncertain. See Mitchiner (1988, 161) no. 398, though this is a variant based on the legends
It has small circumferential losses all around.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1326
Date to: Circa AD 1380
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007
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Other reference: NMWPA 2007.93.4
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Class: French
Group: Standing king
Type: (M387-410) - Unknown: c. 1300 - c. 1400
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Crowned king standing under canopy, holding a sceptre in this right hand
Obverse inscription: DE LA-TONIS
Reverse description: Triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty within double elaborate quadrilobe tressure; lis in each angle
Reverse inscription: IVT - IVT - IVT - (O)VI, in spandrels
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
4 Figure: ST9580
Four figure Latitude: 51.518897
Four figure longitude: -2.073453
1:25K map: ST9580
1:10K map: ST98SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd | 161 | 398 |