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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-322C88
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy allegorical jetton of Nuremberg Master Wolf Laufer II, c.1612-1651 AD. As Mitchiner, 1988: no. 1751.
Obverse: ASSIDVITATE ET TOLERANTIA, Herakles carrying the Cretan Bull.
Reverse: FESTINA LENTE, in exergue WOLF LAVFER/RECH:PE: , A mast with billowing sail on the back of a tortoise.
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: 1.47 g
Diameter: 27.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Wolf Lauffer II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Allegorical
Type: Wolf Lauffer II (M1739-1753): 1612-1651
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Herakles carrying the Cretan Bull
Obverse inscription: ASSIDVITATE ET TOLERANTIA
Reverse description: A mast with billowing sail on the back of a tortoise.
Reverse inscription: FESTINA LENTE, in exergue WOLF LAVFER/RECH:PE:
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Haughley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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