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JETTON

Unique ID: YORYM-EAC453

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy French jetton dating to the period AD 1350 - AD 1415. Chatel Tournois ('Castle of Tours') type. The coin is damaged and only half of it has survived.

Obverse: AVE MARIA GRASIA PLENA around formal Chatel Tournois design, with lis above its central triangle and annulets on top of the lateral 'turrets'.

Reverse: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within four-arched tressure.

See Mitchiner (p. 187-188) for examples.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1350
Date to: Exactly AD 1415

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 26 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YMT: E04965

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Jetton / token data

Class: French
Group: Chatel Tournois
Type: (M505-518, 559-562) - Unknown: c. 1373 - 1437
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Formal Chatel Tournois design, with lis above its central triangle and annulets on top of the lateral 'turrets'
Obverse inscription: [AVE MARIA GRA]SIA PLENA
Reverse description: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within four-arched tressure
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Langtoft (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA0067
Four figure Latitude: 54.08920436
Four figure longitude: -0.47264845
1:25K map: TA0067
1:10K map: TA06NW
Grid reference source: From 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 Vol I	London	Seaby	p.187-188

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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