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JETTON

Unique ID: PUBLIC-120153

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1562
Date to: Exactly AD 1586

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 25.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Issuer: Hans Krauwinckel I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Lion of St Mark
Type: Hans Krauwinckel I (M1474-1479) - Hans Krauwinckel I: 1562-1586
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Lion of Saint Mark standing left; nimbate and winged. His tail is raised and he holds the Book of Gospels in his raised right fore-paw
Obverse inscription: [S MAR]CVS EVA[NGE]LL[IST GOTT]
Reverse description: An imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee, within an ornate tressure, within a decorated inner circle.
Reverse inscription: HANS KRAVWINCKEL NVRENBER
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair