Record ID: SOM-517036
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Wolf Lauffer I (fl. c. 1583-1601), rose/orb type, ALVNSER HAB IST GOTES GA legend (All we have is a gift of God), c. AD 1583-1601. This jetton has been slightly bent. It has a shallow curved removal at one point of the circumference from the process of cutting the flan. The reverse legend is not published in the main reference work, but is evidenced on this database, refs. SF10957, NMS-EFE6. Aspects such as the relatively short obverse legend and rendering of the name Wolf, as Wvlf with a 'v', indicate that this is a jetton of Wol…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrowbridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.