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Record ID: SWYOR-7D9485
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
British Museum Curatorial Report:
"I have examined an object reported found at "Darrington", West Yorkshire. The object is a piedfort or piéfort version of the coin-type known as the denier of the counts of Blois-Chartres. The reference to the coin is J. Duplessy, Les monnaies françaises féodales (2004) no. 585. This was the last of the anonymous Blois denier series (coins that do not name an individual count) and the only one of them for which there are known examples of piedforts, as several of this type have been recorded. The coin is anonymous, with a highly stylised obverse …
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: WMID-47EBE7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver object reported found at Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire. The object is a piedfort striking of the coin known as denier parisis of Philip IV the Fair, King of France (1285-1314). The type was originally produced in 1307-10 (ref : Duplessy no. 221; an older reference, Lafaurie, no. 224, includes a record of a piedfort striking of the denomination).
Finds of single coins are not normally considered as potential Treasure. However, non-functional coins or coin-like objects do have the potential to be so considered. The first piedfort reported under the Treasure system was found …
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Drayton Bassett CP', grid reference and parish protected.
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