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JETTON
Unique ID: FAKL-5BA824
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A copper-alloy jetton of the French Tournai 'letter V' (for VIRGO for BVM) type. The obverse bears a large decorated V set within a tressure. The reverse bears a cross potent with quatrafoils in the angles. The inscription on both faces is blundered and consists mainly of 1111 but on the reverse the letters ' 111XS1T 11O' (sit nomen Domini).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 4.86 g
Diameter: 28.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 228
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: North Ferriby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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