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Description: | 15th - 16th Century. Copper alloy, rather crude, French 'Tournai' type jetton. Length 26.4mm, Width 24.5mm, Thickness 2mm, Diameter 26.4mm, Weight 4.6g. Obverse: Possible three fleur-de-lys within a shield - French Coat of Arms. Inscription: Illegible. Reverse: A cross of three strands - Fleuronee within a quatrefoil in the centre enclosed by a tressure of four arches. Inscription: Illegible. Very worn and corroded condition also appears rather crude in design - could be a German copy of a French type jetton. Ref. Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 96-98 No. 17 and Tokens and Tallies Through the Ages, Edward Fletcher, Greenlight Publishing 2003, page 20-27. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burr, Geoff - West Kent Metal Detector Club | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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