Mourning Jewelery?

[romeo-1]

Found this at an old site...at first I was thinking Roman coin but reverse is blank.

 

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[bigfoot1]

a simple guess would be a prayor coin.old ones often pewter and the small print on back is 1st to go over time.Any chance of once small lettering on reverse?would prolly require VERY close examination.again,a simple guess

 

[Iron Patch]

Might be a common scene, and probably a medal. There's just so many of them dating over a long stretch of years... literally hundreds.

 

[Breezie]

I don't think it is mourning jewelry. Mourning jewelry was most popular during the Victorian times. Death was never so celebrated as during Queen Victoria's rule. Your find looks way older than the mid-1800s-1890s.
Interesting find
Breezie

 

[romeo-1]

I don't think it is mourning jewelry. Mourning jewelry was most popular during the Victorian times. Death was never so celebrated as during Queen Victoria's rule. Your find looks way older than the mid-1800s-1890s.
Interesting find
Breezie

I agree...I've been trying to put a date on the medallion but no luck so far...

 

[Midwest Murph]

I think bigfoot1 might have been on the right track. It looks quite a bit like an early depiction of the Annunciation scene. If so, the figures would be the Virgin Mary and Gabriel on either side of a tall potted lily. One of my references shows similar imagery on pewter medieval pilgrim badges dating from the early 14th to the early 16th century.