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JETTON
Unique ID: BUC-668A75
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes III (active 1608-1612) dating to 1608-1612. Rose/orb type inscribed GLICK KVMPT VON GOT ISTWAR. Minted at Nuremberg. Mitchiner (1988, 412) see nos 1409-1410, though this example has a slightly different obverse inscription ending. It also unusually large and heavy for this type.
It measures 25.86 mm diameter, and weighs 1.92 g
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 1608
Date to: Exactly AD 1612
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.92 g
Diameter: 25.86 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Hans Schultes III
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Hans Schultes III (M1402-1415): 1608-1612
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns alternating with three lis around a central rose formed of six bilobed petals
Obverse inscription: GLICK KVMPT VON GOT ISTWAR, quatrefoil stops
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a double-stranded tressure of three arches and three angles; two pellets around each arch
Reverse inscription: HANS . SCHVLTES . NORNBER :
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Aston Clinton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 412 | 1409, 1410 |
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