Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: LANCUM-14A283
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Late post-medieval cu-alloy Nuremberg jetton of the 'turbaned bust' type of Hans Schulte III dating from c. AD1608-1612. The inscription on the obverse is: HANS SCHULTE ZV NVRN and on the reverse: GLICK KVMPT VON G[O]T IST WAR. Initial mark: rose. Mitchener 1416 -1417 (difference is 1.17 for first or 1.55 for second number.
The find was not seen by the local FLO; the information was emailed and the image was kindly supplied by finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1608
Date to: Circa AD 1612
Quantity: 1
This information is restricted for your access level.
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Hans Schultes III
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Male bust wearing a turban right
Obverse inscription: HANS SCHVLTES ZV NVRN
Reverse description: Rose orb
Reverse inscription: GLICK KVMPT VON [GOT] IST WAR
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.