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JETTON

Unique ID: LEIC-44416F

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 8.24 g
Diameter: 27 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd November 2017 - Thursday 2nd November 2017

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Materials and construction

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

Jetton / token data

Issuer: Anonymous stock
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 fore-paw. Lion's halo projects above the inner circle and interrupts the inscription
Obverse inscription: Unclear ficticious legend
Reverse description: Imperial orb in a tressure with three main arches. Pairs of pellets on the outside, either side of the points.
Reverse inscription: Unclear ficticious legend