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Description: | An incomplete and worn copper-alloy French jetton of Medieval date, with roughly a quarter missing (old-ish damage). It is an example of a 'Paschal lamb' jetton (see Mitchiner 1988: 185-187), alluding to Bourges (Berry) in west central France, and dating from c. 1373 to c. 1415.Obverse: Paschal lamb standing left, with one foot raised, his nimbate head reverted to look at flag with cross at top which interrupts the marginal legend at 12 o'clockM [OVTO] N : SVI DE B[-] ('I am the Lamb of Berry')Reverse: Triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty within a double four-arched tressure. + A [V -] ('Ave Maria')The jetton is a little bent. It measures 25.34mm in diameter and weighs 1.54g.
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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