Accession No
1958.242 B
Description
Copper-alloy Nuremberg 'rose and orb' jetton of Hans Schultes. Obverse depicts crowns and fleurs-de-lis around a central rose. Reverse shows an imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée contained within a tressure of three arches and three angles. Roman lettering around the border of each face. Obverse reads: 'HANS SCHULTES IN NVRENBERG'. And reverse reads: 'GLVK KVMPT VON GOT DEM HER' ['Happiness comes from God the Lord'].
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Framlingham; Framlingham Castle
Period
Post Medieval Late 16th century
Source
Pembroke College, Cambridge [donor]; Knocker, Guy M. (Group Captain) [excavator]; Leech, C. F. [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1958.242 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy
Local Term
Measurements
27mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note on brown-paper envelope containing object reads: 'Nuremberg token / Late 16th century / Framlingham Castle'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Nuremberg token. Roman lettering; + HANS SHULTES IN NUREMBERG; GLVR KVMPT VON GOT DEM NER
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Group Captain G.M. Knocker and C.F. Leech, March to April 1954.
Event Date 1954
Author: maa
Context (References)
Knocker, G. M. (1956). ‘Excavations at Framlingham Castle, 1954’. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, 27(2), pp. 65-88.
Event Date 1956
Author: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Copper-alloy Nuremberg 'rose and orb' jetton of Hans Schultes. Obverse depicts crowns and fleurs-de-lis around a central rose. Reverse shows an imperial orb surmounted by a cross pattée contained within a tressure of three arches and three angles. Roman lettering around the border of each face. Obverse reads: 'HANS SCHULTES IN NVRENBERG'. And reverse reads: 'GLVK KVMPT VON GOT DEM HER' ['Happiness comes from God the Lord'].
Event Date 28/11/2023
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:21041
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