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JETTON

Unique ID: KENT-112402

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A worn and abraded Medieval copper-alloy French Tournois jetton (1373-1437). Chatel of Tournois type, As Mitchiner 1988: 187, ref: 505.

Obverse: Formal Chatel Tournois design with lis above its central triangle and annulets on top of the lateral 'turrets'. A fleur de lys in field to either side of the chatel, all within an inner circle. Legend: '+AVE MARIA GRACIA PL;'

Reverse: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a double-stranded quatrefoil, Legend in the external angles of the quatrefoil. Legend: '.A.-.V.-.E.-.D. ' Cinquefoil stops

Measurements: 22.45mm in diameter, 1.33mm thick and 2.67g in weight

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 1437

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.33 mm
Weight: 2.67 g
Diameter: 22.45 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Class: French
Group: Not further defined
Type: Unknown
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Several fleur de lys within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: illegible;
Reverse description: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty within a double-stranded quatrefoil, legend in the external angles of the quatrefoil
Reverse inscription: '.A.-.V.-.E.-.D. ' Cinquefoil stops
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tonbridge and Malling (District)
Parish or ward: Hadlow (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6249
Four figure Latitude: 51.21722024
Four figure longitude: 0.31822528
1:25K map: TQ6249
1:10K map: TQ64NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mitchiner, M.	1991	Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Low Countries and France	London	Hawkins Publications

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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