A complete copper alloy jetton of the Rechenmeister type with a Rechenmeister seated facing, at his counting table, on the obverse and the alphabet arranged in five lines within a frame on the reverse. Sometimes referred to as 'school pennies', this type of jetton shows a rechenmeister, or accountant using jettons to do accounts on a chequered board or cloth (which is where we get the phrase Exchequer). This example probably dates to the 16th century AD.<\/p>\n
Unlike PAS record SUSS-67BFB5, which has legends indicating that the jetton was issued by Wulf Laufer (c. 1554-1601 AD), this jetton has has a fleured trellice on the obverse and a series of annulets and sets of triple pellets in lieu of literate legends. In addition, the alphabet spelled on the reverse is incorrect: 'ABCD(retrograde)E\/FGHIK\/LMNOP\/QRSTV\/:XYZZ'.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"SUSS-174115","id":"484526","objecttype":"JETTON","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-26 15:41:05","broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","updated":"2012-01-31 18:16:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4F217411001A0D","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2011-11-02","datefound2":null,"createdBy":"192","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"484526","old_findID":"SUSS-174115","uniqueID":"PAS4F217411001A0D","objecttype":"JETTON","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":null,"height":null,"width":null,"thickness":"1.03","diameter":"27.34","quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1500","numdate2":"1650","description":"
A complete copper alloy jetton of the Rechenmeister type with a Rechenmeister seated facing, at his counting table, on the obverse and the alphabet arranged in five lines within a frame on the reverse. Sometimes referred to as 'school pennies', this type of jetton shows a rechenmeister, or accountant using jettons to do accounts on a chequered board or cloth (which is where we get the phrase Exchequer). This example probably dates to the 16th century AD.<\/p>\n
Unlike PAS record SUSS-67BFB5, which has legends indicating that the jetton was issued by Wulf Laufer (c. 1554-1601 AD), this jetton has has a fleured trellice on the obverse and a series of annulets and sets of triple pellets in lieu of literate legends. In addition, the alphabet spelled on the reverse is incorrect: 'ABCD(retrograde)E\/FGHIK\/LMNOP\/QRSTV\/:XYZZ'.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-26 15:41:05","updated":"2012-01-31 18:16:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2011-11-02","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":"Date listed is date submitted for recording.","museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"lwalker","fullname":"Elizabeth Walker","institution":"SUSS","usernameUpdate":"stephaniesmith","fullnameUpdate":"Stephanie Smith","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Struck or hammered","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Complete","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"POST MEDIEVAL","periodTo":"POST MEDIEVAL","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Miss Stephanie Smith","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":" Liz WALKER","county":"WEST SUSSEX","parish":null,"district":"ARUN","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":null,"map25k":"SU9402","map10k":"SU90SW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":"Near Aldingborne","source":"From Map","obverse_description":"Rechenmeister seated facing, at his counting table .","obverse_inscription":"None","reverse_description":"Alphabet arranged in five lines within a double square frame (D is in retrograde, J, U and W are missing and there is a dupliate Z at the end.)","reverse_inscription":"none","denomination":"Jetton","degree_of_wear":"3","allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":"3","wearID":"3","moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":"2","denominationQualifier":"1","mintQualifier":"2","dieAxisCertainty":"1","initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":"Anonymous stock","ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":"Nuremberg","wear":"Very worn: fair","die_axis_name":"3 o'clock","category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"367292","f":"frank kurzeja 5.jpg","imagedir":"images\/04bowmant\/"}]}