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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-94DBF9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy 'arms of France Modern' type jetton attributed to Charles V or VI of France, dating to the Medieval period, c. 1364-1422. C.f Mitchiner 440-459.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1364
Date to: Circa AD 1422
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.77 g
Diameter: 24.93 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th December 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: France Modern
Type: (M440-459, 521-531a, 565-566, 579) - Unknown: 1385 -1488
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three lis within shield, within inner pelleted border
Obverse inscription: [AVE] MARIA: GR[AC]IA: PLE (double annulet and sexfoil stops)
Reverse description: Long cross fleuretty within quadrilobe, 'A' in each angle. 'AVE M' in spandrels.
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Exning
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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