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JETTON
Unique ID: LEIC-C81837
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg jetton issued by Hans Shultes, 1608-17.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1608
Date to: AD 1617
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 25.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th July 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: three crowns alternated with three lis around central crown
Obverse inscription: GLICK.KVMT.VON.GOT.ISVAM (Truly good fortune comes from God)
Reverse description: Imperial orb within double tressure of three arches and angles
Reverse inscription: HANSSHULTES.ZV.NUREMBURG
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Ratby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5106
Four figure Latitude: 52.649344
Four figure longitude: -1.247603
1:25K map: SK5106
1:10K map: SK50NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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 | 1405 |
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