FRENCH? SILVER HAMMERED - WHOOOOHOOOOO! ID UPDATE

[CRUSADER]

Well I went out in the sun with only a T-Shirt & 45 mins into my hunt on the Dump Field the heavens opened & the thunder & lightening hit. I went for cover in the nearby wood as I had my bicycle & thought it may stop in abit. It was raining so hard there wasn't a dry place in the wood so I had to make a shelter. 1 hour later I thought it would never stop so braved the weather on my bike.

Before I got rained off the Dump Field I had 3 Roman coins, button, Lead Token & a broken Bell.

1/2 way home the rain stopped & I was cycling past the pipeline trench which I had already covered. But with the wet conditions I stuck my sensitivity to Max & went low & slow. Guess what, the rain started again & I carried on thinking I couldn't get any wetter. I had so far only picked up a few pieces of Roman Pottery & a Neolithic Flint & I wondered whether I was mad. Then suddenly a good signal & up came the hammered. NOW WHO'S MAD BABY!!!!!!

I don't reconise the coin but I reckon its about 15th Century & French. Its a large coin & probably valuable now & then!!

 

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[ohannos]

Re: FRENCH? SILVER HAMMERED - WHOOOOHOOOOO!

congrats to that beautiful coin. hope you can id it.
Im always looking for your posts so keep digging
HH from sweden
///ohannos

 

[birdman]

Re: FRENCH? SILVER HAMMERED - WHOOOOHOOOOO!

Very nice ,it looks like you had a fantastic day! I found a belt hanger just like that one in Germany a while back. Let us know about the coin when you get it ID!

 

[CRUSADER]

Well my guessing is spot on, its French (or Modern day France anyway) & 15th Century.

Charles the bold - duc of burgundy 1467- 77

Double Patard of Flanders, 28mm.

Obv: +K(?)AROLVSEI:GRAVX:BVRG:Z:COMES:FLAND, divided central shield, 1 and 3 full quarters, 2 and 4 split.

Rev: +SIT:NOMEN:_DOMT:B_:BENEDICTVM, ornate cross with lis at center.

R7884, Boudeau 2267

Here is a bettter scan of my FIRST French hammered!!!!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome finds, I would help but you overexposed the pictures, is that a short cross? Sorry to hear about the rain, it was 35C/95F here today with lots of sun. I went to the Trier museum to see the ConstantineI exhibition, saw enough relics, gold, silver and bronze coins to make a person a little crazy. Came home and detected for two hours between a Roman cemetery and a Celtic fortress and found a blank copper coin and a few other things not worth mentioning. HH and I hope you dried off, it is great to detect just down the road for the old and near the house, Mike

 

[piggman1]

Love reading your post and seeing those relics. Keep em coming!

 

[CRUSADER]

Awesome finds, I would help but you overexposed the pictures, is that a short cross?

No, I've IDed it above.

 

[BioProfessor]

Just for my own information, did they make any Jettons from silver? Most things I'm finding here in Holland are Jettons if they are that old. I know England is different and so is France to but I was just looking for information. If not a Jetton, is the value of the coin the weight of the silver and was it somehow denoted on the coin?

Daryl

 

[ps_jb]

Well my guessing is spot on, its French (or Modern day France anyway) & 15th Century.

Charles the bold - duc of burgundy 1467- 77

Double Patard of Flanders, 26mm.

Obv: +K(?)AROLVSEI:GRAVX:BVRG:Z:COMES:FLAND, divided central shield, 1 and 3 full quarters, 2 and 4 split.

Rev: +SIT:NOMEN:_DOMT:B_:BENEDICTVM, ornate cross with lis at center.

R7884, Boudeau 2267

Here is a bettter scan of my FIRST French hammered!!!!

Cool coin!
Conrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

Just for my own information, did they make any Jettons from silver? Most things I'm finding here in Holland are Jettons if they are that old. I know England is different and so is France to but I was just looking for information. If not a Jetton, is the value of the coin the weight of the silver and was it somehow denoted on the coin?

Daryl

Definately not a Jetton & no they didn't make silver ones (at least not in my experience & the books I have on them).

It is as IDed above. Although some Jetton's I have seen copy the designs of the contemporary coins.

In Britain at the time we had great numbers of Foriegn coins (being a strong trader). Specially from Italy where vast loads of silver was shipped once a year to lend to businesses who had gone over to Italy to secure credit.

The weight of silver/gold was important not the coin itself.
Thats why we have so many Medieval coin weights.

 

[BioProfessor]

Thanks for the info. I couldn't decipher the coin from the French description. Sorry.

Daryl

 

[RUDY2003]

Woa! That is one fantastic Fench silver. I'm excited for you buddy.
Your persistence really pays off...Keep it up.

Keep safe...

 

[Ridley]

It's in great shape!

Congratulations on your first French Hammered coin!



Ridley