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'Alphabet' Jetton
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Toby, 2012-01-30 11:16:24
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'Alphabet' Jetton
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English: A complete copper alloy jetton of the Rechenmeister type with a Rechenmeister seated facing, at his counting table, on the obverse and the alphabet arranged in five lines within a frame on the reverse. 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 probably dates to the 16th century AD.

Unlike PAS record SUSS-67BFB5, which has legends indicating that the jetton was issued by Wulf Laufer (c. 1554-1601 AD), this jetton has has a fleured trellice on the obverse and a series of annulets and sets of triple pellets in lieu of literate legends. In addition, the alphabet spelled on the reverse is incorrect: 'ABCD(retrograde)E/FGHIK/LMNOP/QRSTV/:XYZZ'.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Sussex
Date between 1500 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 484526
Old ref: SUSS-174115
Filename: frank kurzeja 5.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/367292
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/367292/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/484526
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