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JETTON
Unique ID: WMID-E847DA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy jetton, probably issued by Hanns Kravwinckel of Nuremberg between AD 1586 and AD 1635.
The obverse depicts a rose surrounded by alternate crowns and lys. The legend is hard to read but it is possible to decipher HANNS KRAV[ ]. The reverse depicts an imperial orb within an arched tressure. Only the end part of the reverse legend is legible, reading [ ]MACHT REICHT.
Diameter: 20.0 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1586
Date to: Circa AD 1635
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd February 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Hans Krauwinckel II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: GOTES SEGEN type (M1553-1573) - Hans Krauwinckel II: 1586-1635
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Rose surrounded by alternate crowns and lys
Obverse inscription: HANNS KRAV[ ]
Reverse description: imperial orb within arched tressure
Reverse inscription: [ ]MACHT REICHT
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Astley and Dunley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7767
Four figure Latitude: 52.30063592
Four figure longitude: -2.33870661
1:25K map: SO7767
1:10K map: SO76NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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