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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-9438CD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy French jetton dating to the Medieval period, c. 1447-1461, probably struck under Charles VII. Obverse: four fleurs in field, quatrefoils below, pellets between, +ABE MARI STELLA DEI MATR. Reverse: cross fleury, fleury-ended sceptres behind in saltire, all within an inner pelleted border, +AVE MARI STELLA DEI MATR. C.f Mitchiner nos. 568-571.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1447
Date to: Circa AD 1461
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.24 g
Diameter: 26.44 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: COT 037
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: Three lis
Type: (M568-572, 581-582) - Unknown: c. 1447 - 1497
Denomination: Jetton
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Cotton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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