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JETTON
Unique ID: SF-C83C52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Post-Medieval Jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (master AD 1586-1635), dating to AD 1590-1600.
Obverse: Death (in the form of a skeleton) standing behind a rich lady with a hourglass in left hand, to her left a flower in bloom, to his right a wilting flower; MORS VLTIMA.
Reverse: Tree; EST ARBORI [SPES: SI PRAE]CISA FVER[IT RVRSVM VIRESCIT], H[K] in exergue;
See Mitchiner (1988, p. 460, part of the series of no. 1632); Mitchiner recerences it in Barnard (1917, pl. 32 no. 61).
See IOW-1A28AC and LON-9CACA2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1590
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.38 mm
Weight: 3.35 g
Diameter: 27.72 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Issuer: Hans Krauwinckel II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Other
Type: Hans Krauwinckel II: 1586-1635
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Death (in the form of a skeleton) standing behind a rich lady with a hourglass in left hand, to her left a flower in bloom, to his right a wilting flower.
Obverse inscription: MORS VLTIMA.
Reverse description: Tree
Reverse inscription: EEST ARBORI [SPES: SI PRAE]CISA FVER[IT RVRSVM VIRESCIT], H[K] in exergue
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
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