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Medieval coin brooch: silver gros tournois of Philip IV
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National Museums Liverpool , Heather Beeton, 2019-12-20 14:28:17
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Medieval coin brooch: silver gros tournois of Philip IV
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English: Treasure Number: 2017 T1013

Medieval silver coin brooch.

It is a silver coin that has been converted into a brooch by the addition of attachments to one side (current weight: 4.08g, diameter: 29mm). The coin is a silver gros tournois of Philip IV, King of France (1285-1307), a relatively large silver coin for the period.

The utilisation of French gros tournois as brooches in this manner is familiar in England at this time, and there have been many finds of similar nature. It is definitely an English phenomenon, as such converted coins are not found in France. The coins used are mostly datable to the period c. 1280-c. 1310, i.e. the decades either side of 1300 and on all of them the side featuring the design of the cross forms the front of the brooch, with an attachment, or evidence thereof, on the other side. The cross side is also often gilded, as is indeed the case on this specimen, the gilding being very well preserved.

The French gros tournois was a fine silver coin of over 90% good metal. Single coins are not normally eligible for consideration as Treasure, but it is a well-established principle that coins converted into jewellery are indeed considered as jewellery. It is my opinion, therefore, that under these criteria this find constitutes Treasure under the terms of the Act.

Dr Barrie J. Cook

Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage
Department of Coins and Medals
British Museum
25 January 2018
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 1280 and 1310
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1280-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1310-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 872808
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1085935
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1085935/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/872808
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