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Unique ID: HAMP-71F9B2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn and corroded 15th-century copper-alloy medieval French jetton of the 'Four fleurs de lis in lozenge' type struck at Paris or Tournai (1488-1497; cf. Mitchiner 599)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1488
Date to: Circa AD 1497
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.05 mm
Weight: 6.87 g
Diameter: 25.9 mm
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Other reference: E2907
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: French
Group: Four lis in lozenge
Type: (M584-600) - Unknown: 1488-1497
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Four fleurs de lis in a lozenge: leafy ornaments around
Obverse inscription: + VIVE LE ROI VIVE LE ROI VIVE (spray)
Reverse description: Cross patty fleury with flower in each angle
Reverse inscription: + [GETT]ES . BIEN . [PA]IE[S] BEIN (spray)
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
4 Figure: SU7654
Four figure Latitude: 51.280083
Four figure longitude: -0.911738
1:25K map: SU7654
1:10K map: SU75SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 209 | 599 |