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JETTON
Unique ID: LIN-78EE37
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Late Medieval French Tournai stock jetton dating to c. AD 1415-1497. Obverse depicts a crown and the reverse depicts a triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in a four arched tressure. The edges have degraded slightly and the reverse is worn thus obscuring the legend.
Overall dimensions: 26.63mm in diameter and 3.74g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1415
Date to: Circa AD 1497
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.74 g
Diameter: 26.63 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: Tournai (late)
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Crown.
Obverse inscription: AVE . MARIA . GRACIA [PEN]
Reverse description: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in tressure.
Reverse inscription: ...V...
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Snelland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0780
Four figure Latitude: 53.30614594
Four figure longitude: -0.39567899
1:25K map: TF0780
1:10K map: TF08SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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