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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-3056FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Mercury bust jetton of Nuremberg Master Wolf Lauffer II, c.1612-1651 AD. As Micthiner, 1988: no. 1720.
Obverse: *WOLF LAVFER IN NVRNBERG REC, Bust of Mercury left wearing winged helmet.
Reverse: *ANFANG.BEDENKS.ENDT, An Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee, within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1612
Date to: Circa AD 1651
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 19.53 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WMH 005
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Wolf Lauffer II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Mercury bust
Type: Wolf Lauffer II (M1720-1720a): 1612-1651
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Bust of Mercury left wearing winged helmet
Obverse inscription: *WOLF LAVFER IN NVRNBERG REC
Reverse description: An Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee, within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: *ANFANG.BEDENKS.ENDT
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Wenhaston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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