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JETTON

Unique ID: WMID-CC4690

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Evidence of reuse: Clipped.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1326
Date to: Exactly AD 1337
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.09 mm
Width: 14.52 mm
Thickness: 1.24 mm
Weight: 0.78 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th November 2017

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Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Class: French
Group: Standing king
Type: (M387-410) - Unknown: c. 1300 - c. 1400
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Crowned king standing facing, holding sceptre in his right hand, beneath a Gothic canopy.
Obverse inscription: Missing
Reverse description: Triple stranded cross fleuretty [within four-arched tressure].
Reverse inscription: Missing
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor