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Unique ID: IOW-193F4D
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy rose and orb jetton of Nuremberg master Hans Krauwinckel II (1586-1635). Uncertain reverse type but the obverse inscription on this jetton is similar to Mitchiner 1988: 445, refs: 1574-1579.
Obverse: HA[NNS KRAVWI]NCKEL IN N; Three crowns alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose with 8 oval petals.
Reverse: [HIET ROTT MORGEN DOTT]; Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée within a tressure of three arches within a circle.
Length: 17.8mm; width: 15.9mm. Weight: 0.45g. DA=12:12.
Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medalets & Tokens, Volume 1. Seaby: London.
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1586
Date to: Exactly AD 1635
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.8 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Weight: 0.45 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th December 2017 - Wednesday 27th December 2017
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Other reference: IOW2018-8-14
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Issuer: Hans Krauwinckel II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: HEIT ROTT type (M1574-1589) - Hans Krauwinckel II: 1586-1635
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a central rose with 8 oval petals
Obverse inscription: HA[NNS KRAVWI]NCKEL IN N
Reverse description: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée within a tressure of three arches within a circle
Reverse inscription: [HIET ROTT MORGEN DOTT]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg | London | B A Seaby Ltd | 445 | 1574-1579 |