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Description: | A late Medieval, copper alloy French jetton, probably a stock jetton from the mint at Tournai, of the 'Shield of France' type, dating from AD1380-1480. The obverse depicts a shield containing three fleurs-de-lis.The legend apears to be one of those variously described as blundered, nonsense or fictitious containing three to four letters separated by double annulets which appear as figure eights: "8 DVRA[..] 8 RACE[...]E[...] 8 BAB". The reverse depicts a triple stranded cross fleuretty in a double four arched tressure. There are smaller fleurs in each of the angles of the cross. There is no reverse legend. Similar jettons are illustrated in Mitchiner, volume 1, page 224.
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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