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Unknown 1554 Coin/Token with hedgehog

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Bought this for a couple of quid out of pure curiosity. I think it is copper, it is quite thin (1mm or less), date looks like 1554. Diameter about 27mm. Obverse side has a king(?) and reverse has a hedgehog (or similar animal) against a landscape with vegetation and possible clouds. Only legible writing says PARTE TIMENDA" on reverse. Can read "REX" on obverse. I have taken the best pictures that I can. Can anyone help me identify this? Thanks in advance, Pete

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Its french I think

Jetton?

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I think the text on the reverse is latin and says OMNIQUE or OMNIQVE PARTE TIMENDA. Google translate says this is either EVERY or GLIMMER and DREADED.

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correct latin translation

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6 minutes ago, copper123 said:

Its french I think

Jetton?

Copper123 the thinness of the coin would fit in with a Jetton (I am new to coin collecting and had to Google Jetton!). Thanks for the suggestion.

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I have found a similar later French political token online "Original Louis XIV propaganda jetton struck circa 1654. On reverse: a porcupine (i.e. the king) who is "feared from all sides" as the legend says. ". 

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3 minutes ago, Flash said:

Thanks Flash. I just found this http://home.golden.net/~eloker/token02.htm which has a few later examples of this jeton. An interesting piece for my new collection, I am quite pleased :-)

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The Latin more correctly translates as "to be feared from every side".  Timenda is a gerundive (anyone remember them from their schooldays?!) which conveys a sense of obligation. Sorry... Classics teacher talking here!

 

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sounds like it was a good guess then

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13 hours ago, Martinminerva said:

The Latin more correctly translates as "to be feared from every side".  Timenda is a gerundive (anyone remember them from their schooldays?!) which conveys a sense of obligation. Sorry... Classics teacher talking here!

 

sounds more like a porcupine than a hedgehog then - they are pretty harmless

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On 26 September 2017 at 5:31 PM, Martinminerva said:

The Latin more correctly translates as "to be feared from every side".  Timenda is a gerundive (anyone remember them from their schooldays?!) which conveys a sense of obligation. Sorry... Classics teacher talking here!

Listen, you wouldn't believe how long it took me to "get" UT + subjunctive - get out of here with your gerunds!

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25 minutes ago, Peckris said:

 UT + subjunctive 

That phrase still fills me with terror 58 years on!

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Remember we have our own political token series from the bloodless revolution of william and mary .

Very atractive and popular they are to this day as well - the so called pattern farthing series - they did however circulate as coins as well later on and might be considered legal currency , thats the reason they are often found in low grade

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If I remember rightly the romans considered porcupines a luxury food like larks tongues in aspic . Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes and . Wolf nipple chips.

Some wild ones that escaped in roman times still live happily is sand dunes in the south of spain , lucky the locals never took to the flavour they prefer churros, LOL

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