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Description: | A struck/ hammered copper alloy jetton of the probable 'rose and orb' type (diameter: 27mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 7.65g). Only the obverse depicting the rose and orb is still visible with three pairs of annulets outside the tressure. A few letters of the inscription surviving, therefore making it difficult to idenfify. There is no detail surviving on the reverse apart from a few letters also still visible from the inscription. The general condition of the jetton is poor and corroded, with some bronze disease around the outside of the obverse. Annulet rose and orb jettons seem to appear at the start of the 16th century between 1500-1525 AD, when they appear on the reverse of 'French shield' jettons. However, they do continue in use until the late 16th/ early 17th century. Reference: Michael Mitchiner, 1988, 'Jetons, Medalets & Tokens: The Medieval Period & Nuremburg - Volume One', pages 355-428. | 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: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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