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Description: | A copper alloy Jetton of 16th century date, depicting the Lion of St Mark. This type of imagery appears on Venetian coinage from the 14th century. The 16th century examples show the halo of the lion cutting the inner circle.Obverse: EVA... Winged lion of St Mark left, clasping gospels in the right forepaw.Reverse: VEARD....EARDIEV.. Crossed reichsapfel.See Mernick, P and Algar, D. (2001) 'Jettons or Casting Counters' in Saunders, P. (ed.) The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Catalogue, part 3, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum: 247: no. 245.
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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