Medieval artefacts

Medieval Jetton

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:51:03 GMT

Medieval Jetton

1340 AD French Jetton

Crown introduced in 1340 by Philip VI (1328-50)

Royal Crown with 3 rosettes across body of crown

Rev Triple banded straight cross fleuretty AV

Medieval beehive thimble

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:16:36 GMT

Medieval beehive thimble

Medieval bronze beehive thimble

Medieval enameled hanger

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:19:40 GMT

Medieval enameled hanger

Stunning medieval gilded red and white enameled hanger 61.05mm L x 21.27mm W

Medieval French jetton

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:35:52 GMT

Medieval French jetton

1340 AD French - shield of France Jetton

Medieval purse bar

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:00:17 GMT

Medieval purse bar

Late Medieval to early Tudor period type B1* purse bar complete with swiveling suspension loop.

Saxon period key

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:57:20 GMT

Saxon period key

C10thC Saxon key

Medieval gold ring

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:09:34 GMT

Medieval gold ring

Black Onyx Medieval gold ring 21.93mmdia,2.51g

Medieval gold statue

admin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:01:43 GMT

Medieval gold statue

Stunning medieval gold statue pendant - C13th judging by the Lombardic script on the scroll . This is probably to do with the Catholic church (DEI) and one of the members suggested FRCO is St Francis

Script reads FRCO ++SMYUNC +DEI - reported to Colchester museum as treasure

32.80mm H ,11.46g

Medieval seal ring

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:00:10 GMT

Medieval seal ring

Medieval bronze seal ring - bearded figure sitting - 2.70g, 18.86 mm dia x 9.62 mm W

Medieval seal matrix

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:41:06 GMT

Medieval seal matrix

Medieval seal matrix 20.22m dia , 9.34g

Medieval buckle cape

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:29:50 GMT

Medieval buckle cape

Early Medieval decorated buckle with integral box chape

Medieval pilgrims ampullae

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:23:07 GMT

Medieval pilgrims ampullae

East Anglian Type - IC stands for Jesus Christ - 54.25g, 49.34mm H x 31.73mm W x 13.94mm T

Pilgrim ampullae - holly water bottle made of lead 12th to 15thC,

These ampoule were brought from pilgrimage places as a souvenir

Mitchiner suggests that many ampullae were used in the annual springtime ’Blessing the Fields’ ceremony, in which the Holy Water they contained was sprinkled on the ground to give prayer for a good harvest. Having served this purpose, Mitchiner suggests that the ampullae were discarded. Others have suggested that the ampullae were buried along with their contents for a similar purpose.

Medieval lead token

admin — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:04:28 GMT

Medieval lead token

15thC lead token - long cross and pellet type

Saxon mount

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:16:51 GMT

Saxon mount

Circa 10thC Saxon gilded mount with 4 rivet fixing

9.76g, 34.49mm x 5.38mm T

Medieval french jetton

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:21:08 GMT

Medieval french jetton

1478 Louis XI Shield of France Jetton – Cross fleuretty with roses on reverse Ref Mitchiner 706

Medieval French jetton

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:19:28 GMT

Medieval French jetton

15thC Shield of France Jetton

This type of back with no inner circles around the fleur di lis to obverse is not listed in ref books

rare

obv X AVE MARIA + GRACIA

Medieval hawking bell

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:12:08 GMT

Medieval hawking bell

Silver medieval hawking bell

Saxon key

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:12:33 GMT

Saxon key

C10thC Saxon bronze key 10.41g, 40.88mm Lx19.58mm W x 6.30mm T

Saxon key

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:25:57 GMT

Saxon key

9th/10thC Saxon key

Medieval buckle

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:16:50 GMT

Medieval buckle