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Unique ID: IOW-23EA71
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete Medieval copper-alloy French Dolphin type jetton (c. 1373-1415).
Obverse: +AVE mARIA GRASIA PLEnA, Bowed dolphin left holding a purse in its mouth.
Reverse: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within 4-arched tressure, crown flanked by trefoils and pellets in outer angles.
Diameter: 26.5mm. Weight: 3.60g.
According to Mitchiner (ibid: 182), 'The dolphin ('dauphin') was [the] traditional badge of the Counts of Alban, Dauphins of Viennois'. The author's suggested date range for such jettons is c. 1373 - c. 1415.
Compare with Mitchiner 1988, 184, refs: 488-492. Also compare with: BUC-DA8D72.
Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medalets & Tokens, Volume 1. Seaby: London.
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1373
Date to: Circa AD 1415
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.6 g
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th February 2017 - Sunday 12th February 2017
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Other reference: IOW2017-8-38
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: French
Group: Dolphin
Type: (M482-492) - Unknown: c. 1373 - 1415
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Bowed dolphin left holding a purse in its mouth
Obverse inscription: +AVE mARIA GRASIA PLEnA
Reverse description: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within 4-arched tressure, crown flanked by trefoils and pellets in outer angles
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd | 184 | 488-492 |