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JETTON
Unique ID: NMS-5C9D1E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy French jetton dating to the period c. AD 1373 - 1415. 'Dolphin' jetton, alluding to the former province of Dauphiné, south-east France, and struck during the reign of Charles V or Charles VI.
See: Mitchener, M, 1988, p. 183 - 184.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1373
Date to: Circa AD 1415
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th November 2017 - Saturday 4th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33366
Other reference: NHRG122017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: Dolphin
Type: (M482-492) - Unknown: c. 1373 - 1415
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Bowed dolphin left, holding a purse in its mouth
Obverse inscription: LE NOBLE ET FIER LE POI
Reverse description: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within four-arched tressure
Reverse inscription: A/V/E/M
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Bressingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0683
Four figure Latitude: 52.40621107
Four figure longitude: 1.02703423
1:25K map: TM0683
1:10K map: TM08SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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