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Description: | Medieval French copper alloy jetton dating to the second half of the 14th century. Shield of France ancient with coronet above/ triple stranded cross feury design. A similar example but with a shorter obverse legend is illustrated in Mitchiner (1988:169, no.417) who suggests a dating of 1350 to c.1380 ADObverse: Shield of France ancient bearing 6 lis arranged 3-2-1 plus part of other lis at edges, small coronet above shieldObverse legend: + AVE m[ARIA GR]ACIA : PLEn double annulet stopsReverse: Triple stranded cross fleuretty with quatrefoil at centre within a 4 arched tressure, fleur de lis at inner angles of tressure and [+/A/V/E] in spandrels.The jetton is bent at 90 degrees.
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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