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Description: | A worn copper-alloy Nuremburg Ship-Penny jetton, anonymous issue, c.1490-1550 AD. As Mitchiner, 1988: nos. 1152-1165.Obverse: Worn fictitious legend reading []BVB[]:[X?]REBVB[]A[], A ship in profile with central mast and yard arm, stays and single sail. Aboe the yard arm the mast head has a letter G. To the right is a stern castle with rudder below and flagstaff above, the bow is surmounted by a crossed staff with pennants.ReversE: Fictitious legend reading (Crown)BVBE[]BV[]BV[]EBV[]V[], Four fleur-de-lis within a double lozenge, pelletted ornamentation in the external angles of the lozenge, all within an inner circle. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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