KENT-BA386A: Heavily worn king standing under jetton

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JETTON

Unique ID: KENT-BA386A

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A heavily worn medieval copper-alloy French jetton. Standing king under canopy type inscribed OV TE DOIT SER, dating to c. 1326-1380. Mint uncertain. See Mitchiner (1988, 161) no. 387.

Description: Obverse description: King standing under canopy, holding sceptre, Obverse inscription: O[V TE DO-IT SER] (inscription from 7 o'clock). Reverse description: Triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty within double elaborate quadrilobe tressure; lis in each angle. Reverse inscription: O T[E - DOI - T LO - ]ER O

Measurements: 22.56mm in diameter, 1.55mm thick and 3.25g 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 1326
Date to: Circa AD 1380

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.55 mm
Weight: 3.25 g
Diameter: 22.56 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: Standing king
Type: (M387-410) - Unknown: c. 1300 - c. 1400
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: King standing under canopy, holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: O[V TE DO-IT SER] (inscription from 7 o'clock)
Reverse description: Triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty within double elaborate quadrilobe tressure; lis in each angle
Reverse inscription: O T[E - DOI - T LO - ]ER O
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Preston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR2561
Four figure Latitude: 51.30362649
Four figure longitude: 1.22651956
1:25K map: TR2561
1:10K map: TR26SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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