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Description: | A gros tournois of Louis IX of France which has been gilded and is now slightly distorted. The original coin will be of good silver, over 90% fine metal. Although there is no evidence of a means of attachment the fact that the coin was gilded shows that it was modified for use as an artefact, probably as a coin brooch, pendant or other form of jewellery. Gros tournois of the later 13th century French kings converted into jewellery in this way are now a well-recorded phenomenon as English finds from the decades around 1300.Date: This coin was introduced in 1266 and is likely to have been modified not long after this (Cook and Robinson, 2003, 58). Therefore, 1266 - c. 1300.
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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