Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-E0A6A5
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval jetton: Rose and orb jetton, appear to be most popular jettons of Hans Schultes I and Hans Krauwinckel II and probably date from 1490 and continues to 1585 (Mitchiner, 1988). Obverse: Illegible legend. Three Crowns, alternately with three lis, arranged centrifrugally around a central rose. Reverse: Illegible legend. Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches.
Mitchiner, M. 1988 Jettons, Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval Period and Nuremberg Seaby, p. 400 and 435
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1490
Date to: Circa AD 1585
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 19.71 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th October 2012 - Monday 2nd December 2013
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three Crowns, alternately with three lis, arranged centrifrugally around a central rose.
Obverse inscription: Illegible due to corrosion.
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a tressure with three main arches.
Reverse inscription: Illegible due to corrosion.
4 Figure: SP1469
Four figure Latitude: 52.31892712
Four figure longitude: -1.79603421
1:25K map: SP1469
1:10K map: SP16NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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