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JETTON

Unique ID: LON-0B663B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Class: Nuremberg
Sub class: Lion of Saint Mark

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1570

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.07 g
Diameter: 26.8 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Class: Nuremberg
Group: Lion of St Mark
Type: Unknown (M1093-1120a) - Anonymous stock: c. 1490 - c. 1585
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Lion of St Mark standing left, nimbate and winged. His tail is raised and he holds the Book of Gospels in his raised right paw, four pellets in field.
Obverse inscription: Fictitious inscription
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by cross within a three-arched tressure.
Reverse inscription: Fictitious inscription
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair