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JETTON
Unique ID: LIN-13EBCA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper alloy French jetton dating to the first quarter of the 16th century.
Class: French
Group: France Modern
Type: (M440-459, 521-531a, 565-566, 579) - Unknown: 1385 -1488
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Round-bottomed shield of three lis
Obverse inscription: BO[ ]
Reverse description: Imperial orb
Reverse inscription: [ ]BEVE[ ]BEVE[ ]
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1525
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.34 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th October 2017 - Sunday 29th October 2017
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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: Round-bottomed shield of three lis
Obverse inscription: BO[ ]
Reverse description: Imperial orb
Reverse inscription: [ ]BEVE[ ]BEVE[ ]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Lincolnshire Wolds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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