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Description: | A copper alloy jetton of the Rechen meister type, late 16th century in date (c AD1550-1590). Obverse depicts a Rechenmeister seated facing, at his counting table with a decorative line of trefoils looping round the figure. The reverse depicts the alphabet (the letters J and U are missing) arranged in five lines within a double lined square and edged with a circle.Sometimes referred to as 'school pennies', this type of jetton shows a rechenmeister, or accountant using jettons to do accounts on a chequered board or cloth (which is where we get the phrase Exchequer). This example dates to the 16th century AD.Cf Mitchiner (1988) pg 415.
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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