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JETTON
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1AABF2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes I (fl. 1553-1584) dating to 1553-1584. Rose/orb type inscribed with the master's name as the reverse legend. Minted at Nuremberg. Mitchiner (1988, 402; see no. 1352ff.).
The jetton has been perforated through the inscription from reverse (at about 2 o'clock) to the obverse. It measures 23.7mm, in thickness 0.4mm, and weighs 1.2g.
Evidence of reuse: piercing
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1584
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 23.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th May 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Hans Schultes I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Hans Schultes I (M1336-1376): 1553-1584
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns with three pellets above alternating with three lis arranged around a central rose
Obverse inscription: [...](SC)[...]
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a double-stranded tressure of three arches and three angles; two pellets around each angle
Reverse inscription: HANS SCHVL[TE]S (HX)[...]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd | 402 | 1352ff. |
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