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Description: | English jetton of Edward III/ Richard II of copper alloy, 0.5mm thick with a diameter of 25mm weighing 1.59g. It is pierced in the centre from the obverse and is worn making details unclear.
On the obverse is a lion rampant in polyobe with a border of trefoils between an outer ring of annuets and inner ring of pellets. On the reverse is a short cross fleuretty within a quadrilobe with leaves on cusps and clusters of flowers filling spandrels. This combination of obverse and reverse is unusual, and no published examples have been found.
Date: 1350-1400
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Obverse; Mitchiner 225/225a and Berry, plate 7, number 4
Reverse; Mitchiner 28a and Berry plate 8, number 1 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Wood, Rachel | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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