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JETTON

Unique ID: LVPL-70BF88

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post-Medieval copper alloy jetton. It is a Nuremberg 'Ship Penny' jetton which was probably struck by Hanns Krawinckel I, c.1562-1586. The Obverse shows a ship and the reverse shows four fleur-de-lis in a lozenge. The inscription should read SCHIF PFENING NVRENBERG//HANS KRAVWINCKEL GOTES.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1562
Date to: AD 1586

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.19 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Diameter: 25.22 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2008

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Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Ship
Obverse inscription: [SCHIF PFENING NVRENBERG]
Reverse description: Four lys in a lozenge.
Reverse inscription: [HANS KRAVWINCKEL GOTES]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Crewe and Nantwich

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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