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Unique ID: DEV-37AEE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval copper alloy French Jetton, probably dating to c. AD 1385-1422. Crown type, with the obverse depicting a crown with three pierced trefoils on the band, with a pellet above the central one and pellets between the central and side fleurs. The reverse a triple-stranded cross flory with a quatrefoil at the centre, within a double-stranded four arched tressure. cf. Mernick & Algar (2001: 227) nos. 66-69.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1385
Date to: Circa AD 1422
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.17 g
Diameter: 26.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th September 2017 - Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Other reference: SCC receipt: 019418
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: French
Group: Crown
Type: (M460-481, 532-539, 567) - Unknown: 1385-1461
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Crown with three pierced trefoils on the band, with a pellet above the central one and pellets between the central and side fleurs.
Obverse inscription: +AVE MARIA: GRACIA: PL (double annulet stops)
Reverse description: Triple-stranded cross flory with a quatrefoil at the centre, within a double-stranded four arched tressure.
Reverse inscription: +AVE
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
4 Figure: SY2389
Four figure Latitude: 50.69552875
Four figure longitude: -3.09156629
1:25K map: SY2389
1:10K map: SY29SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mernick, P. and Algar, D. | 2001 | Jettons or casting counters | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum |