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Unique ID: LANCUM-982576
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval cu-alloy 'rose and orb' jetton of Nuremberg Master Hans Krauwinkel II, dating from c. AD1586-1635. As Mitchiner, 1988: no. 1540.
Obverse inscription: *HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis arranged centrifugally around a central rose.
Reverse inscription: *GOTES REICH BLIEB EWICK (God's kingdom (realm) remains eternal)
Reverse description: An Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle.
This is a specimen of the Nuremberg series of jetons, from the late 1500s or early 1600. Jetons were used as reckoning counters on counting boards which is a kind of economic abacus needed to calculate financial transactions using the bizarre and complicated medieval European monetary systems. Later they were sold and used as card counters and gaming tokens.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1586
Date to: Exactly AD 1635
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.1 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th June 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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