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JETTON
Unique ID: NARC-6B2B62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy jetton pierced at 11 o'clock. An early Nuremberg 'Paris type' issued between 1461 and 1497. Obverse: 4 lis in a lozenge. Reverse: small sheild in a tressure. legends illegible. Obverse typically reads: VIVE LE BON ROY DE FRANCE
Notes:
Pierced at 11 o'clock
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1497
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.65 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Stowe IX Churches (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6255
Four figure Latitude: 52.189766
Four figure longitude: -1.09447
1:25K map: SP6255
1:10K map: SP65NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 351 | 1050 |
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