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JETTON
Unique ID: SOM-517036
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Wolf Lauffer I (fl. c. 1583-1601), rose/orb type, ALVNSER HAB IST GOTES GA legend (All we have is a gift of God), c. AD 1583-1601.
This jetton has been slightly bent. It has a shallow curved removal at one point of the circumference from the process of cutting the flan.
The reverse legend is not published in the main reference work, but is evidenced on this database, refs. SF10957, NMS-EFE6. Aspects such as the relatively short obverse legend and rendering of the name Wolf, as Wvlf with a 'v', indicate that this is a jetton of Wolf Lauffer I (Mitchiner 1988, 474).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1583
Date to: Exactly AD 1601
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.83 g
Diameter: 21.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16602
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Wolf Lauffer I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Wolf Lauffer I (M1672-1679): 1554-1601
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three lis and three crowns arranged alternately, centrifugally around a rose formed of six bilobed petals
Obverse inscription: + WVLF LAVFER IN NVRMBER, pellet stops
Reverse description: Orb with single band surmounted by cross patty within elaborate double trefoil
Reverse inscription: + ALVNSER HAB IST GOTES GA, cross/pellet stops
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: Burrowbridge CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg | London | Hawkins Publications | 474 |
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