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Description: | A copper alloy Nuremberg jetton of 'Rose and orb' type.
On one side, a 5-petalled rose is surrounded by 3 alternating crowns and fleur-de-lis. On the other, the jetton features a 'normal' sized orb surmounted by a cross pattee, within a tressure made up of a trefoil and triangle. The tressure lies within a circle, and no ornaments lie between them. The token appears to have been clipped, so that much of the inscription is now missing. Thus, it cannot be said whether it is literate or fictitious.
Jettons were (usually brass) coin-like objects used in accounting between the 13th and 17th centuries, and are known from across Europe, though most British finds were made in England, France, or Germany (particularly Nuremberg). They developed a widepsread secondary use as gaming counters from the 15th century onwards. From the mid-16th century, Nuremberg was the main source of jettons for Britain, and this particular form is very common, and dates to between the mid-15th and mid-16th centuries. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ashby, Steven - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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