JETTON

Unique ID: SOM-7CED61

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

This jetton was based on a Dordrecht prototype jetton struck in 1596.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1596
Date to: Circa AD 1610

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.17 g
Diameter: 28.3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st May 2008

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: No entry no. (posted)

Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Constancy with cross and Faith by column, standing with their right hands clasped and raising their left hands to Jehovah (name in Hebrew) in rayed cloud
Obverse inscription: FIDE ET CONSTANTIA
Reverse description: Hog advacing to left; an arm, depending from a cloud, with its hand holding a stone with which it is about the strike the hog.
Reverse inscription: CA[VS]A FIRMBANT FOEDERA PORCA
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair