Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-D97AFC
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete copper alloy, heavily worn, jetton, probably of Hans Kravwinkel II (AD 1586 to AD 1635), probably dating to the period AD 1586 to AD 1635. Unclear reverse type, depicting an imperial orb surmounted by cross pattee within a double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle. There is an oval shaped piercing in the 9 o'clock position on the reverse. The obverse is illegible. The legends are illegible.
Diameter: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1586
Date to: Circa AD 1635
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 24.4 mm
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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: Other - Hans Krauwinckel II: 1586-1635
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: [ ]R[ ]
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by cross pattee within double stranded trefoil, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: SO8975
Four figure Latitude: 52.37293096
Four figure longitude: -2.16299773
1:25K map: SO8975
1:10K map: SO87NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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