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Description: | A complete copper-alloy French stock jetton dating to the Medieval period, c. 1270-1300, of the 'Moor's head' series attributed to Louis IX.The obverse depicts a Moor's head left, hair bound up, with the legend; PAR AMOVRS SVI D'O (cross pattée initial mark, double-pellet stops). The reverse is without legend, depicting a lombardic 'R' within a tressure of six arches and four fleurs in the spandrels.The jetton is preserved in extremely good condition with an even dark green patina covering most of its surfaces, which in some places has flaked away to reveal a light greenish-brown layer.It measures 17.20mm in diameter, 1.25mm thick, and weighs 2.3g.For the reverse see no. 366 in Mitchiner (1988, 157), from the 'I / R' class of jettons attributed to the French Queen's household. However, this combination of reverse and obverse designs is not published in Mitchiner's work, though a very similar example is listed by Feuardent (Feuardent 1904, 229; no. 2910). This piece, however, is evidently a hitherto unknown variant of the above since the bust on the obverse faces left as opposed to right, in addition to the legend reading SVI D'O as opposed to SVI DG.Reference;Feuardent, F. 1904. Jetons et Meraux, Depuis Louis IX jusqu'a La Fin Du Consulat De Bonaparte. Paris; Rollin et Feuardent, Editeurs.
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