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Description: | A copper alloy jetton. A Nuremberg jetton circa 1525-1700. Possibly a rose/orb type. If so it would be dated to 1586-1635The obverse is worn but may depict three crowns alternately with three lis, placed centrifugally around a flower.Reverse: Imperial orb surmounted by a cross patty, within a trefoil with three main arches. The inscriptions cannot be made out.It has a dark reddish brown patina and a covering of light green corrosion product.Diameter 22.06mm, thickness 0.85mm, weight 1.2g.ref: Mitchiner 1988, 'Jetons, Medalets and Tokens - The Medieval Period and Nuremberg' Volume 1, pages 443-446.
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