Jetton or French coin for ID please?

A friend has brought this to me for ID - any clues?

 

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A jeton--perhaps one of the Nuremberg series.

 

I agree, it looks like a jeton, whether or not of the Nuremberg series, but I'm no expert. It doesn't look like a coin to me. This is my only Nuremberg jeton.

 

The opening post specimen is a so called "Venus penny" jeton. Origin is Flanders around 1500AD.

 

I think I have found what you are looking for here: https://www.ebay.fr/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ssn=ausouvaillant34&_pgn=6&_skc=250&rt=nc

about half way down the page. It's said to be a counting token from the middle ages. The lady on the reverse is claimed to be Venus.

 

You may be right - but the link didn't work and by the time I had sorted that out the page had moved on. I could not see which one you were looking at - have you a link to the exact coin?

 

Here is one on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPANISH-NE...312168?hash=item21492881a8:g:NvMAAMXQ9cpRGExi

 

Brilliant - that's the one - thanks!

 

Can anyone explain to me why nuremberg Jetons are attributed to individual French Rulers? I have one made by Hans Krauwinckles but attributed to Charles IX.

Charles IX, 1570. Jeton. 27mm, 4.10 gr. Obv : JUPITER ET GANYMEDES. Ganymede and the Eagle. Rev: VENERANDA MINERVA. Minerva seated left. By Hans Krauwinckles (1562-1586).