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Description: | A cooper alloy (brass) Medieval token. Brass ?Jetons?, or ?Reckoning Counters?, were originally a tool used to calculate manual arithmatic in costing accounts. They declined in use for this purpose towards the sixteenth century, but remained popular in gaming (Mitchener. 1988; 17).
The obverse side illustrates a simple crown with three pellets across the body.
The reverse side shows a triple standard straight cross fleuretty in a two-arched tressure.
Similar examples where the cross and crown design are used together can be found in Mitchener?s work on pages 179-182. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Siorna McFarlane | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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