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(2019 T735) silver brooch formed from a Medieval coin of Philip IV of France (obverse and reverse)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Vic Allnatt, 2019-08-29 10:55:04
Title
(2019 T735) silver brooch formed from a Medieval coin of Philip IV of France (obverse and reverse)
Description
English: Treasure Case (2019 T735)

Description: A silver and gilt brooch made from a Medieval coin of Philip IV of France (AD 1268 - 1314). The coin is a Gros Tournois which appears to have been gilded on the obverse face only. On the reverse there are a fixing a loop and the remains of a pin. The fixing loop is placed obscuring the R on the legend TVROVS. The remains of the pin obscure the IVI of CIVIS.

Obverse: Cross pattee surrounded by legend in two rows
BENEDICTV:SIT:NOME:DHI:NRI:DEI:IHV:XPI (outer)
PHILIPPVS REX (inner)

Reverse: Chatel Tournois topped with cross surrounded by border of twelve lis within arches
TV[R]ONVS C[IVI]S

Dimensions: The brooch measures 25.6 mm in diameter,0.9 mm in thickness and 6.1 mm including the brooch fitting at the reverse. The object weighs 4.6 grams.

Discussion: Coin-brooches are a relatively common class of object in late 13th and early 14th century England.Several parallels of this coin that have been converted to brooches are reported as Treasure and recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, for example 2011 T302 (YORYM-91F842) and (SWYOR-3E69E0) also dating to Philip IV. Another example 2008 T617 (NMS-F323B7) dates to Louis IX (AD 1226-1270). Regarding Treasure case 2008 T654 (NCL-7F9C81) Barrie Cook, Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage at The British Museum writes 'the side of the converted coin on display in its brooch form and usually gilded is that with a prominent cross' which could suggest a specifically religious use as opposed to gilding the reverse displaying the symbol of Tournois which could show allegiance to the town as seen on 2018 T606 (OXON-578A84).

Conclusion: Single coins are not usually considered as potential treasure, however, a coin converted to be worn as an item of jewellery is eligible for consideration. Therefore, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.

Author: Victoria Allnatt, Finds Liaison Officer, West Staffordshire & South West Midlands. Date: 22/8/2019

References: Treasure Annual Report 2008. (2010). London: DCMS. p.142, no.283
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 967947
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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/1070420
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1070420/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/967947
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 26 November 2020)
Object location52° 42′ 04.68″ N, 0° 49′ 57.19″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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