Accession No
Z 16323 D.1
Description
Nuremberg jeton of Hans Krauwinckel II. Obverse with Mars and Venus standing next to Vulcan, sitting and hammering in front of an anvil, Cupid beside; inscription reads: ‘VOLCANVS H.K.’ Reverse with crowned shield with fleur-de-lys between two crowned columns and palms, cornucopias below; inscription reads: ‘PIETATE ET IVSTITIA H KRAV’.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Pembroke College
Period
Post Medieval 16th century 17th century 1586 - 1635
Source
Masters and Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16323 D.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Brass
Local Term
Measurements
27mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1959.66-90; 1969.98-9 [sic].
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16323 [A-H]: 'Coins and tokens: 5 Nuremberg tokens (Sixteenth Century); Square token, German; 2 six pences and shilling Elizabeth I, 1581 and 1602; 2 sixpences, Seventeenth century; 3 tokens, Eighteenth Century. Commemorative medal of Admiral's destruction of Carthagena. 1741.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Hand-written note on envelop which contained the tokens Z 16323 [D.1-2] reads: 'Tokens (?) 18th century'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Field collection)
Found during building alterations to Pembroke College, 1875-1878.
Event Date 1875
Author: maa
Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 24.
Event Date 1974
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Nuremberg jeton of Hans Krauwinckel II. Obverse with Mars and Venus standing next to Vulcan, sitting and hammering in front of an anvil, Cupid beside; inscription reads: ‘VOLCANVS H.K.’ Reverse with crowned shield with fleur-de-lys between two crowned columns and palms, cornucopias below; inscription reads: ‘PIETATE ET IVSTITIA H KRAV’.
Event Date 17/10/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Analysis)
Struck by Nuremberg guild master Hans Krauwinckel II (1586-1635); added to the Period field accordingly.
Event Date 19/10/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:305169
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