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Description: | A worn copper alloy post medieval Nuremburg jetton.Obverse description: Three crowns and three lis arranged centrifugally around a central rose. Reverse description An orb within an arched tressure. There are inscriptions but wear has made them difficult to decipher.This is a specimen of the Nuremberg series of jettons, from the late 1500s or early 1600. Jettons were used as reckoning counters on counting boards which is a kind of economic abacus needed to calculate financial transactions using the bizarre and complicated medieval European monetary systems. Later they were sold and used as card counters and gaming tokens.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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