Record ID: ESS-5AA90F
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy French jetton of late medieval/post medieval date (c. 1488 - 1600). Mitchener 588. The obverse face depicts four fleur de lis in a lozenge, within a 4-arched tressure (three pellets in the angles). The legend, which is heavily worn, likely reads VIVE . LE . ROI . VIVE . LE . ROI. The reverse features a cross patee feuilly within a 4-arched tressure. There are cinquefoil (or rosette) stops in the legend, which is heavily worn, but likely reads GETTES rosette SEVRMENT rosette GETTES. The item is of French origin, and during the period of its use was the principal roya…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2017
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