Record ID: SF-A40872
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval French obole probably of Jean or Jeanne de Blois-Chatillon, of the County of Chartres, dating to AD 1263-1286. Obverse depicting the type of Chartres with three alligned pellets in the centre and three parallel elongated triangles flanked by pellets near the edge; no legend. Reverse depicting a short solid cross, one pellet in one angle; the legend reads: + CART[I]S CIVITAS. The initial mark is not alligned with the short cross of the central motif. See online book Monnoies de prelats et barons de France, Tome II, Traité des monnaies des barons, 1790, by PIerre-A…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Whelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.