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JETTON
Unique ID: PUBLIC-8732E2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, worn and damaged late medieval French jetton. Most detail illegible. Obverse: shield of France. Reverse: triple stranded straight cross fleuretty.
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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1478
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 23.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Class: French
Group: France Modern
Type: (M440-459, 521-531a, 565-566, 579) - Unknown: 1385 -1488
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: shield of arms of France (modern)
Reverse description: Triple stranded cross fleuretty with quatrefoil at centre, within in four-arched tressure.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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