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JETTON

Unique ID: NARC-6BD7D1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1553
Date to: Circa AD 1584

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.89 mm
Weight: 5.5 g
Diameter: 25.7 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Jetton / token data

Issuer: Hans Schultes I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Lion of St Mark
Type: Hans Schultes I (M1322-1330) - Hans Schultes I: 1553-1584
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Lion of St Mark standing left, nimbate and winged, holding book of gospels in right fore-paw
Obverse inscription: [SANTVS MA]RCVS[...]
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by cross patty within a tressure of three arches
Reverse inscription: [HANS] SCH[VLTES ...]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair