1500-1550 AD., Netherlands and France, imitative Venus-counter.
southern Netherlands and northern France, Venus-counter imitation, ca. 1500-1550 AD.,
Jeton / Counter (29 mm / 2,7 g), copper,
Obv.: BVΘBOVSAIЄ:... , decorative pseudo-legend around shield of arms.
Rev.: VЄn... , decorative pseudo-legend around depiction of a naked woman (Venus) standing facing.
cf. http://detectorvrienden-vlaanderen.be/nforum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=36459&hilit=venuspenning .
"rechenpfennig": Venuspenning - een van de vele imitatie Venusrekenpenningen, Zuid-Nederlands of Noord-Frans, eerste helft zestiende eeuw.
Between 1488 and 1550 such and similar "Venus"-counters / -​​jettons / -tokens were produced as imitations of official ones by and for counting offices.
These imitations were made in many varieties and quantities, with a fictitious inscription and also exported to England. They were very popular, because at that time they are almost the only numismatic object with a depiction od an (almost) naked woman.
From about 1540, comparable Venus Tokens also made ​​in Nuremberg but with a readable legend and the name of the producer.