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JETTON
Unique ID: WILT-15DF74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy medieval jetton, possibly Paris type dating to AD 1461-1497. The centre of the jetton is pierced and the item is folded in two, obscuring the obverse, although the crown initial mark in the legend is visible. Reverse depicts a square lozenge with three annulets to each side. A similar example is illustrated in Mitchiner M. (1988), p. 349, number 1049. The jetton has a diameter of 25.75 mm, a thickness of 0.27 mm and weighs 1.11 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1461
Date to: Circa AD 1497
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.27 mm
Weight: 1.11 g
Diameter: 25.75 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5214
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Nuremberg
Group: French style
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Four fleurs de lis in a lozenge
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Indiscernible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
Parish or ward: Little Waldingfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9245
Four figure Latitude: 52.07007739
Four figure longitude: 0.79992508
1:25K map: TL9245
1:10K map: TL94NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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