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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-28D90A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy jetton attributed to Louis XII or Francis I, dating c. 1497-1521. Arms of France in lozenge type, Mitchiner 726-731.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1497
Date to: Circa AD 1521
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.88 g
Diameter: 28.06 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 15th December 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Tournai (late)
Group: Four lis in lozenge
Type: (M647-649, 726-731) - Unknown: c. 1415 - c. 1497
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Four lis in lozenge within quadrilobe
Obverse inscription: IIIOI.......II....OI (fictitious, nonsense)
Reverse description: Cross pattee within solid circular border, flower in each angle
Reverse inscription: .....III....OI....IO
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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