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JETTON
Unique ID: SOM-7CC457
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy 'lion of St Mark' jetton produced by Hans Schultes II in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1586 and 1603. Mitchiner's no. 1384 (1988, p. 406).
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1586
Date to: AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.75 g
Diameter: 27.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th April 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020244
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Lion of St Mark standing left
Obverse inscription: [S]AN[T MARGVS] NOR[PED]
Reverse description: Orb within three-arched tressure
Reverse inscription: HANS [S]CHVLT[ES N]ORNB
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Curry Rivel
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 406 | no. 1384 |
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