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Unique ID: CORN-CBC0D4
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy Nuremberg stock jetton of normal orb type with impersonal crown initial mark so an anonymous issue, c.1500-1550. Mitchiner 1262.
The legends are fictitious. The obverse legend reads: BENO:VOB...and the reverse legend reads: NOVEI...
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 2006 - Wednesday 31st May 2006
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Anonymous stock
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: three crowns alternating with three fleurs de lis, arranged centrifugally around a five-petalled rose
Obverse inscription: BENO:VOB...
Reverse description: imperial orb surmounted by cross within an ornamental tressure that has three main arches and two pellets either side of each apex
Reverse inscription: NOVEI...
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.191633
Four figure longitude: -5.41985
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 384, | No.1262 |