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JETTON
Unique ID: NLM-8255EC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Jetton. French late medieval jetton, probably issue of 1350-1400.
?Obverse description: A cross with central quatrefoil and a lis and additional foliage at each end of its equal arms, enclosed within a four arched tressure with a large trilobate feature on each of its cusps.
?Reverse description: A lis, probably one of several, though the centre of the field is defaced.
?Reverse inscription: TAVLE[---]A RAMA[-]
Diameter: 24mm, Weight: 2.38gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.38 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28149
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: Other
Type: Unknown: c. 1250 - c. 1521
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: A cross with central quatrefoil and a lis and additional foliage at each end of its equal arms, enclosed within a four arched tressure with a large trilobate feature on each of its cusps
Reverse description: A lis, probably one of several, though the centre of the field is defaced
Reverse inscription: TAVLE[---]A RAMA[-]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Faldingworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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