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Unique ID: PUBLIC-B57E0A
Object type certainty: Certain
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An extremely corroded post medieval copper alloy Rose/Orb jetton of Hanns Kravwinckel of Nurenburg c.1543-1635. Obverse: alternate three crowns and three lis around a rose. HANNS*KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR Reverse: imperial orb within a three arched tressure. Reverse inscription illegible.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1543
Date to: Circa AD 1635
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th August 2016
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Hans Krauwinckel II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: Not further defined
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: alternate crowns/lis around rose
Obverse inscription: HANNS*KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR
Reverse description: imperial orb in 3 arched tressure
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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