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Description: | A (French) medieval jetton (counter) made of copper-alloy dating to circa 1350 ? 1525. The obverse depicts a heater-shield charged with two towers and a fleur de lis below them. At the side of the fleur de lis there is a small trefoil. The shield is enclosed by a tressure of seven arches, which is all within an inner circle. The legend has been written in lombardic lettering, but it is quite worn and therefore difficult to read: E[II---II I II I] flower flower [S II II?III]. The reverse depicts a cross potent within an inner circle, in each quarter there is a small four-leaved flower (perhaps a rose) which is attached to the inner circle by way of a stem. The reverse legend is also difficult to read as it has been written in lombardic lettering and it is worn: flower SIT. IIOIIIEII . DOIII I III . The fact that the towers are evident on the obverse indicates that this jetton was minted in Tournay. A similar jetton has been recorded by Barnard, 1981, pp120, no. 64). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1350
1525 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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