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Unique ID: SWYOR-4E00E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post-Medieval, copper alloy, Nuremberg jetton of the rose/orb type probably by Hans Schultes I, dating from AD 1553 - 1584. It is 23.3mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 1.37gm.
Similar jettons are illustrated in Mitchiner, 1988, Jettons Medalets and Tokens: The Medieval period and Nuremberg, page 401, numbers 1344 - 1351.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1553
Date to: Exactly AD 1584
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.37 g
Diameter: 23.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th November 2015 - Sunday 15th November 2015
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Other reference: PAS form number 2810
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Hans Schultes I
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Hans Schultes I (M1336-1376): 1553-1584
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns alternating with three lis around a central rose of six petals.
Obverse inscription: HANS SCHVLTES ANG VN
Reverse description: An imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattee within a double tressure of three arches with intermediate angular projections. Three pairs of pellets around the tressure.
Reverse inscription: HANS SCHVLTES M AN
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: SE4272
Four figure Latitude: 54.14212505
Four figure longitude: -1.35858183
1:25K map: SE4272
1:10K map: SE47SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd | 401 | 1344 - 1351 |