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JETTON
Unique ID: SOM-31BBDB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Post-Medieval Jetton, probably issued by Hans Shultes III in Nuremberg, dating to 1608-1612. A "Rose/Orb" jetton, depicting three crowns alternating with three lis on the obverse and the imperial orb within a tressure of three arches on the reverse. In addition, there appear to have been three pairs of pellets outside of the tressure on the reverse, although only one pair has surivived. Mitchiner (1988: 411-413) publishes a number of very similar, but no identical, jettons issued by Hans Shultes III, and with YORYM-4D3332 on this database being identified as issued by Hans Shultes III, featuring both pairs of pellets outside the tressure and a reverse inscription ending in ER, the same attribution seems likely here.
The Jetton has been broken roughly in half between 11 and 5 o'clock on the reverse.
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 1603
Date to: Exactly AD 1612
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.54 g
Diameter: 22.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Thursday 6th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019106
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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 and three lis alternating around a central rose.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Imperial orb within three-arched tressure with [three] pairs of pellets outside.
Reverse inscription: HAN[S] SCHV[...]ER
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Brompton Regis CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd |
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