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Record ID: BUC-493649
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval probable lead-alloy English token issued based on a jetton of Charles IX of France (1560-1574). Allegorical type inscribed SVBDVC-ENDIS S. [...]EC[...], dating to c. 1574. Mint uncertain. See Mitchiner (1991, 1012) no. 3053 for a comparable piece.
It measures 28.81 mm in diameter and weighs 5.18 g. This unusual item has been marked as a Find of Note.
See also Mitchiner (1991, 1012) no. 3052 for a probable jetton prototype imitated here (Feuardant no. 1748). It shows the same design of Mercury and a women chained to a tree, but transposed; it is dated 1572 in its …
Created on: Saturday 13th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Quainton', grid reference and parish protected.
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