With your helping interpretation i found it.
A
French "calculation token" from the 15th century:
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from
http://www.finds.org.uk:
Reckoning counters (commonly known as jetons) are coin-like objects, usually made of copper
alloy, intended to assist in arithmetical calculations, particularly in accountancy, at times when illiteracy was widespread and cumbersome
Roman numerals were used to record values and sums of
money.
They would normally be used with a checkerboard or cloth, in a process similar to using an
abacus. Initially actual coins were used in reckoning, but from the late 13th century special counters were made. They came into general use from the 14th century and continued to be widely used in accounting until the late 17th century, when the spread of Arabic numerals made written calculations much simpler, reducing greatly reliance on manual reckoning.
From the early 15th century
France initially was the main supplier for jetons. The city of Tournai was a major manufacturing centre. The stylised designs, such as crowns, the
French coat of arms and decorated crosses, used on these imports were based on
French coin-types. Religious inscriptions, such as AVE
MARIA GRACIA PLENA (Hail Mary, full of grace), were common, but the legends soon became garbled.
Nuremberg took over as the main European centre for jeton manufacture in the 16th century.
regards
ps: to rearrange the
reverse like a decorated
cross results in a very misshaped figure (second picture).
