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Description: | A copper-alloy 'Ship penny' jetton, anonymous Nuremberg issue, c.1490-1550 AD. Similar to Mitchiner, 1988, p.370, no. 1152.Obverse: []EBVLEm:RG[]m[] (fictitious), Profile of a sailing ship bearing a central mast with yard-arm, stays and single sail all indicated. Above the yard-arm the mast has the letter 'G' (interrupting the marginal inscription) and is topped by a monogram. On the right is a stern - castle, with rudder below and flag staff above. On the left the bow - castle is surmounted by a crossed-staff with pennants, all within an inner circle.Reverse: (crown initial mark) VLVEm[]Vm[]E[]RGLmV[] (fictitious), Four fleur de lis in a lozenge: with some pelletty ornamentation in the surrounding field, 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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