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Description: | Cast copper alloy pin with a biconvex head constructed from two dished jettons. The head is light and is probably hollow and held together by solder around the rim. The upper jetton is very worn however there appears to be three crowns and three lis. The lettering surrounding is illegible. The lower jetton has three lis and three crowns. The pin is circular in cross-section and complete. The shaft is angled by two right-angled turnsapproximately 3/4ths the way down pointing the tip back up towards the head. The jetton types are probably Nuremburg jettons struck in the 16th century. The pin copies the more expensive varieties of silver gilt dress pins popular in the 16th century.Similar pins are recorded on the PAS database as LIN-612C61 and BUC-9A34C0.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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