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JETTON
Unique ID: YORYM-6D4E60
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy French jetton of medieval date.
Obverse: AVE MARIA GRACIA around shield of France bearing three complete lis .o. above shield, four annulets to either side.
Reverse: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in four arched tressure, alternating V and M in internal angles, annulets in outer angles.
Mitchiner, p.227, no.687.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.7 g
Diameter: 26.9 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Shield of France bearing three complete lis .o. above shield, four annulets to either side.
Obverse inscription: AVE MARIA GRACIA
Reverse description: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in four arched tressure, alternating V and M in internal angles, annulets in outer angles.
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
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: Catton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | p.227 | no.687 |
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