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Unique ID: SUSS-E98BC6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval copper-alloy Rose and Orb jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II, c. AD 1586-1635. Cf.: Mitchiner (1988), no. 1543.
Obverse: *HANNS.KRAVWINCKEL.IN.NV ; Three crowns and three lis arranged centrifugally around a central rose, all within an inner circle.
Reverse: *GOTES.REICH.BLIBT.EWICK ; Imperial Orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1586
Date to: Circa AD 1635
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.66 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 21.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th July 2013
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Hans Krauwinckel II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: GOTES REICH type (M1540-1552) - Hans Krauwinckel II: 1586-1635
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis arranged centrifugally around a central rose, all within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: *[H]AN[NS].KRAVWINCKEL.IN.NV
Reverse description: Imperial Orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: *GOTES.REICH.BL[IBT.E]WICK
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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