I picked up this at auction yesterday. From the reverse design I assume a Krauwinckel Jetton, but does anyone know any more?
I know this won't be helpful because I have no significant knowledge of Jetons, but it looks too crude for a Krauwinckel. The images that I've seen show a more modern style of lettering on at least 1 side and yours has the older medieval lettering on both sides. As I said, I could be completely off-base, so take my comments accordingly. I posted to follow the thread (seems that "Watch Thread, doesn't always send me notices of an update), and am interested in what you find out
It looks like a late medieval French jeton to me. If you can read the legend it would make it more easier to identify.
The writing is certainly earlier medieval than the usual Krauwinckel writing, now that I look at it more closely. As best I can make out: ?Chap?aud Su??ate?t with the ? representing letters I cannot decipher. The fourth ? looks like a belt or shoe buckle and may not be a letter at all. Does that help?
The 4th ? (belt buckle) may be an M. The 1st ? may be D or E. Your other letters matched my guess. I found a couple of images that look similar to your reverse. All seem to be 14th-15th Century French Jettons. Maybe these will help refine your search. https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/497363 https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/797628 https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/820246 https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/712535
Yes - that style of reverse is why I thought Jeton from the start. Most of those linked to I have seen before - just not met one with the standing man on it before. Puzzling!
OK - for anyone still interested, I have an almost complete ID from another forum (predecimal.com in the UK): " It is a French Jetton, very similar to Barnard 7a, (Barnard, The Casting-counter and the Counting Board, 2nd ed Fox 1981); ”A man standing, full faced, under a decorated canopy; he has long hair, and wears a wreath of roses and a 14th century jupon; in his right hand is a rose bush (?), in his left a garland of roses; below his left elbow is a large rose or cinquefoil; all surrounded by a granulated circle from which issue eight cusps; his feet pass beyond the circle and rest on an exergue ornamented with small crosses. Legend SVR.MA.TEST E CHAPEAVD . Rev as that of no 7, but reading T V E M. T.C.R.,I, No 1401” The reverse 7 quoted is as yours, but for the letters AVEI, yours appears to read AVEO. The reference T.C.R refers to a series of catalogues in French around 1900 by De la Tour." Now all I need to do is find a new home for it!