Rights Holder: York Museums Trust
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Unique ID: YORYM-F0E793
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete copper alloy French jetton of medieval date. The obverse depicts a large heater-shield containing three fleur-de-lis'. The surrounding legend reads +AVE MARIA GRACIA (Hail Mary full of grace) and is marked by a cross initial mark. The reverse depicts a long cross of three strands fleur-de-lis' with a quatrefoil in the centre, enclosed by four arches. There is no reverse inscription.
A similar example can be seen in Barnard, p118, plate VI, no.43.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Diameter: 28.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th April 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Barnard, F.P. | 1916 | The Casting-Counter and the Counting Board: A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and Early Arithmetic | Oxford | Oxford University Press | p118, plate VI | no.43 |