Rights Holder: St. Albans District Council
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Unique ID: BH-706046
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy Nuremberg Rose/orb jetton of Hans Schultes I, II or III; struck between 1553 and 1612.
Dimensions: 25.2mm diameter, 0.3mm thick. Weight: 2.18g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1612
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 2.18 g
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th May 2012
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Other reference: Ver 12/80 - 12
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis alternating around a central rose.
Obverse inscription: ...]DBG[...]C[...]BG[... (probably fictitious legend)
Reverse description: The Reichsapfel within a double tressure of three curves and three angles, pair of pellets flanking each point.
Reverse inscription: HANS SCHVLTES[...
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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