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JETTON
Unique ID: SWYOR-748118
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy post medieval ship penny jetton issued by Hans Schultes II dating from AD 1586 - 1603.
Obverse: Ship formed from four concentric arcs, sail billowing to left. [GLICK] IST WALCZET
Reverse: Four fleurs in a lozenge. (HANS) SCHVLTES [ZV NVREN]
Compare Mitchiner (1988) Volume One; Jetons, Medalets and Tokens, page 407, number 1387. It has a diameter of 25.5mm diameter, 0.7mm thick and 1.38g. The jetton is cracked, and has been folded at some point.
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 1586
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.38 g
Diameter: 25.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2016 - Sunday 20th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3031
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Hans Schultes II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Ship penny
Type: Hans Schultes II (M1387) - Hans Schultes II: 1586-1603
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Ship
Obverse inscription: [GLICK] IST WALCZET
Reverse description: Four fleur de lis in a lozenge
Reverse inscription: HANS SCHULTES [...]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Benniworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2082
Four figure Latitude: 53.32133231
Four figure longitude: -0.19992778
1:25K map: TF2082
1:10K map: TF28SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1988 | Jetons, Medalets and Tokens Vol I | London | Seaby | 407 | 1387 |
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