Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: IOW-8F07C6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Medieval copper-alloy 'Shield of France' jetton, c.1400-1478.
The obverse inscription is largely missing and the reverse is illegible. For possible parallels, see Mitchiner 1988: 225-230.
Obverse: Unclear; Shield of France bearing three lis within an inner circle, plain above shield, nothing at centre.
Reverse: Illegible.
Length: 26.6mm; width: 24.2mm. Weight: 2.39g.
Mitchiner, M. 1998. The Medieval Period and Nuremberg: Volume I. London: Seaby.
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1478
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.6 mm
Width: 24.2 mm
Weight: 2.39 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th February 2020 - Tuesday 25th February 2020
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference: IOW2020-2-32
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Class: Tournai (late)
Group: France Modern
Type: (M624-628, 665-711) - Unknown: c. 1415 - c. 1497
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Shield of France bearing three lis within an inner circle, plain above shield, nothing at centre
Obverse inscription: Unclear
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.