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JETTON
Unique ID: BUC-7E7BF5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval copper-alloy French jetton, Shield of France modern type, struck under Charles VI (c. AD 1385-1422; cf. Mitchiner 440ff.)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1385
Date to: Circa AD 1422
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.07 g
Diameter: 26.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 France modern bearing three fleurs-de-lis; saltires above and to sides
Obverse inscription: + AVE mARIA * GRACIA PL
Reverse description: Triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty within double quatrefoil border
Reverse inscription: None?
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bisham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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