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JETTON
Unique ID: LIN-22423C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late medieval copper alloy jetton, dating to the first quarter of the 15th century.
Obverse: Crown with three pierced three-point stars on band; AVE MARIA GRACIA P
Reverse: Triple stranded cross flory in quadrilobe, lis in quarters, A V E M between crosslets in spandrels.
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 1425
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.01 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: Mid to late 14th Century
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Crown with pierced triple pointed stars in band
Obverse inscription: AVE MARIA GRACIA P
Reverse description: Triple stranded cross flory in quadrilobe, lis in quarters, A V E M between crosslets in spandrels
Reverse inscription: A V E M
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Caistor
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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