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Description: | A Medieval, copper-alloy, French, "Shield of France Ancient" jetton. The obverse has a central shield, surmounted by a couronelle. Within the shield are three fleurs-de-lis plus the lower half of a fourth lis. This is all within a beaded circle. The legend around the outside of this circle begins with a cross pattée and reads: AVE MARIA:GRACIA:PI . The reverse is a triple-stranded, straight, long cross fleurety with a quatrefoil at the centre, within a four-arched tressure. Within the angles of the tressure arches are the letters C A V E.This jetton is very similar to nos. 434 and 434a in Mitchiner, page 172. Mitchiner suggests the following:"These appear to be the final issues bearing any form of the "Shield of France Ancient". They can probably be dated to the early 1380's, when Charles VI was in the process of reforming the currency (and jettons).
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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