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Unique ID: LIN-C58683
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy Mercury bust jetton of Nuremberg Master Wolf Lauffer II, c.1612-1651 AD. As Micthiner, 1988: no. 1720. Obverse: *WOLF LAVFER IN NVRNBERG REC, Bust of Mercury left wearing winged helmet. Reverse: *ANFANG.BEDENKS.ENDT, An Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee, within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1612
Date to: Circa AD 1651
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Wolf Lauffer II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Mercury bust
Type: Wolf Lauffer II (M1720-1720a): 1612-1651
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Bust of Mercury left wearing winged helmet
Obverse inscription: *WOLF LAVFER IN NVRNBERG REC
Reverse description: An Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee, within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: *ANFANG.BEDENKS.ENDT
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
4 Figure: TF0764
Four figure Latitude: 53.16238123
Four figure longitude: -0.40104525
1:25K map: TF0764
1:10K map: TF06SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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