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Unique ID: BUC-22BCE7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval French jetton of the chatel tournois type, c. AD 1373-1415, cf. Mitchiner 509
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1373
Date to: Circa AD 1415
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 25.59 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th June 2009
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: French
Group: Chatel Tournois
Type: (M505-518, 559-562) - Unknown: c. 1373 - 1437
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Stylised castle surmounted by a lis. Lis to either side.
Obverse inscription: + AVE : mARIA : GRASIA : PLEnA
Reverse description: Triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty in quatrefoil
Reverse inscription: .A./.V./.E./.m. (in spandrels)
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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